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Wordfence: Security Plugin for WordPress

Wordfence is a free security plugin for WordPress. Security "plugins" for Wordpress are often highly criticized as many may give a false sense of security or
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Backtrack 5 R3 Walkthrough - Part 3

In this article we will we look at some of the other new tools that were added into Backtrack 5 with the release of its latest version R3. Wifite [pkad
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Wfuzz and WebSlayer

1. Introduction WfFuzz is a web application bruteforcer that can be considered an alternative to Burp Intruder as they both have some common features. With b
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The easier form of hacking: Social engineering

When we talk about hacking, especially in today's world, we hear the media giving us the stories of how hackers hack into a database and steal information fr
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The Internet Underground: Tor Hidden Services

Some people think onion routing or the Tor network is for criminals and people with something to hide. Well, they are half right. The Tor network was designe
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Computer Network Diagnostics, Part 1

Sometimes, at the beginning of my adventure to the Internet, I was wondering how it is that I have a local area network and Internet access. See for yourself
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Network Topology

1. Introduction Whenever we're doing a penetration test, it's good to figure out the topology of the network we're testing. We can't figure out the whole to
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Inside Android Applications

By the end of 2012, the number of Smartphone shipments around the world will explode to nearly 668 million units, and the Android operating system will have
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Legal and Technological Concerns Regarding the Use of BIOS Anti-theft Technologies

1. Introduction In 2006, a laptop containing personal and health data of 26,500,000 veterans was stolen from a data analyst working for the US Department o
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Free Web Application Scanners, Part 2

In the first part of this article, we have seen the need for free web application scanners and also we have looked into a few tools which are available in th
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Hacking SVN, GIT, and Mercurial

We all know that when programming with a small or large team, having a revision control in place is mandatory. We can choose from a number of revision contro
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x86 Assembly Language Applicable To Reverse Engineering: The Basics – Part 2

For part 1 of this series, please click here. Introduction [pkadzone zone="main_top"] We saw in the first article an introduction to the most comm
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Transforming your Android Phone into a Network Pentesting Device

Lester: Hey Nash, are you scanning our school's network with just your smartphone? Nash: Well, yes I am! I'm using a network penetration suite just to check
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Investigating the Crime Scene, Part 1: A Brief Introduction to Computer Forensics and Autopsy

Recommended reading http://www.thestudymaterial.com/presentation-seminar/computer-presentation/239-computer-forensics-presentation.html?showall=1 First Re
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Estimating Projects, Part II

For part 1 of this series, please click here. In the first part, our discussion of the estimation focused primarily on the general principles of creating an
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Estimating Projects, Part I

Each of us who has ever worked in any programming project has had to deal with one of the biggest problems we face when creating projects. It is, of course,
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Filter evasion: Part 2

For part 1 of this series, please click here. Methods for bypassing a filter There is a number of different attack strings that can be used to bypass a
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Filter Evasion: Part 1

1. Introduction First we must talk about vulnerabilities. We know that vulnerabilities that are present in any kind of software can be exploited by acceptin
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Demystifying Dot NET reverse engineering, part 1: Big introduction

Disclaimer This, and all upcoming parts, are made with a strict and pure educational purpose just to gain insights into dot NET programs. What you're going
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Flame: The Never Ending Story

It is not possible to talk about cyber warfare and cyber weapons without mentioning the famous Stuxnet virus and the series of state-sponsored malware develo
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X86 Assembly Language, Part 3.1

For part 2 of this series, please click here. Programming in a high-level language does not require a detailed knowledge of the system hardware. Assembly la
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Apache JMeter Part 4: Testing the Throughput and Performance of InfoSec Institute

For part 3 of this series, click here. 1. Testing the Throughput of InfoSec Institute [pkadzone zone="main_top"] [pkadzone zone="main_top"] 1.1. Running the
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x86 Assembly Language Applicable To Reverse Engineering: The Basics – Part 1

Overview The x86 Assembly language or ASM is the lowest-level programming language understood by human kind and one of the most primitive ones; it can b
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Software Piracy - An Attempt to Assess the Problem

In many countries we are dealing with two very serious problems. These are copyright and piracy. I would like in this article to look a little closer at thes
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