SHODAN is a search engine that lets you find specific computers (routers, servers, etc.) using a variety of filters. Some have also described it as a public port scan directory or a search engine of banners. Web search engines, such as Google and Bing, are great for finding websites. But what if you’re interested in […]
Archives for June 2014
14-Year Olds Hack ATM With Default Password
This is actually a pretty good hack and a good use of the word hacking in the original sense, two curious teenagers managed to access the administrator mode of an ATM in Winnipeg, Canada by using the default password they found in a manual they downloaded online. Ingenious and pretty forward thinking, I like the […]
OWASP Mantra 0.92 – Browser Based Security Framework
OWASP Mantra is a collection of free and open source tools integrated into a web browser, which can become handy for students, penetration testers, web application developers,security professionals etc. It is portable, ready-to-run, compact and follows the true spirit of free and open source software. Mantra is lite, flexible, portable and user friendly with a […]
Important OpenSSL Patch – 6 More Vulnerabilities
So after the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL that turned the World upside down, there has a been a lot of focus on the codebase and the manner in which it was written. They’ve raised a bunch of money, an audit is underway and there has even been a fairly serious branch named LibreSSL (who are […]
OWASP NINJA-PingU – High Performance Large Scale Network Scanner
NINJA-PingU (NINJA-PingU Is Not Just A Ping Utility) is a free open-source high performance network scanner tool for large scale analysis. It has been designed with performance as its primary goal and developed as a framework to allow easy plugin integration. Essentially it’s a high performance, large scale network scanner, the likes of which we […]