So this leak has caused quite a furore, normally I don’t pay attention to this stuff – but hey it’s JLaw and it’s a LOT of celebs at the same time – which indicates some kind of underlying problem. The massive list of over 100 celebs was posted originally on 4chan (of course) by an […]
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Clear Your Cookies? You Can’t Escape Canvas Fingerprinting
So tracking is getting even trickier, it seems canvas fingerprinting would work in any browser that supports HTML5 and is pretty hard to stop as a user, as it’s a basic feature (a website instructing your browser to draw an image using canvas). And it turns out, every single browser will draw the image slightly […]
Password Manager Security – LastPass, RoboForm Etc Are Not That Safe
We’ve talked a lot about using a password manager to secure, generate and manage your passwords – way back since 2008 when we introduced you to the Password Hasher Firefox Extension. Since then we’ve also mentioned it multiple times in articles where plain text passwords were leaked during hacks, such as the Cupid Media hack […]
dirs3arch – HTTP File & Directory Brute Forcing Tool
dirs3arch is a simple command line tool designed to brute force directories and files in websites. It’s a HTTP File & Directory Brute Forcing Tool similar to DirBuster. Features Keep alive connections Multithreaded Detect not found web pages when 404 not found errors are masked (.htaccess, web.config, etc). Recursive brute forcing Getting Started
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Usage: dirs3arch.py [-u|--url] target [-e|--extensions] extensions [options] Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit Mandatory: -u URL, --url=URL URL target -e EXTENSIONS, --extensions=EXTENSIONS Extensions list separated by comma (Example: php, asp) Dictionary Settings: -w WORDLIST, --wordlist=WORDLIST -l, --lowercase General Settings: -r, --recursive Bruteforce recursively -t THREADSCOUNT, --threads=THREADSCOUNT Number of Threads -x EXCLUDESTATUSCODES, --exclude-status=EXCLUDESTATUSCODES Exclude status code, separated by comma (example: 301, 500) --cookie=COOKIE, --cookie=COOKIE --user-agent=USERAGENT, --user-agent=USERAGENT --no-follow-redirects, --no-follow-redirects Connection Settings: --timeout=TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT Connection timeout --ip=IP, --ip=IP Destination IP (instead of resolving domain, use this ip) --http-proxy=HTTPPROXY, --http-proxy=HTTPPROXY Http Proxy (example: localhost:8080 --max-retries=MAXRETRIES, --max-retries=MAXRETRIES Reports: -o OUTPUTFILE, --output=OUTPUTFILE --json-output=JSONOUTPUTFILE, --json-output=JSONOUTPUTFILE |
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Hackers Recreate NSA Snooping Kit Using Off-the-shelf Parts
So some curious hardware hackers grabbed the leaked catalogue that detailed the hardware involved in the NSA Snooping Kit, and have recreated some of the ‘high-tech’ top secret tools with off-the-shelf parts and items that can be bought from Kickstarter. I mean some of it seems pretty simplistic though, a monitor mirror and a hardware […]