In the realm of cybersecurity, network scanning tools play a vital role in reconnaissance and vulnerability assessment. Among the array of options available, Rustscan has emerged as a formidable contender, offering speed, efficiency, and versatility that distinguish it from traditional tools like Nmap. Table of Contents What sets Rustscan apart? Advantages of Rustscan over Nmap Usage (Docker) Installation and Usage (Standalone) Rustscan flags Conclusion What sets Rustscan apart? Rustscan is an open-source network scanner developed in the Rust programming language. Its lightweight design, opt ..read more

Pentesters rely on a variety of tools to establish connections and maintain access during security assessments. One critical component of their toolkit is the listener—a program that listens for incoming connections and facilitates communication with compromised systems.  In this blog post, we’ll delve into different listener options, exploring features and use cases for popular tools such as Netcat, Rlwrap, Rustcat, Pwncat and Windows ConPty shell. Table of Content Reverse Shell Generator Netcat for Beginners Rlwrap for OSCP Rustcat for OSCP Pwncat for Read Teamers Windows ConPty for OS ..read more

Introduction Shellcodes are machine instructions that are used as a payload in the exploitation of a vulnerability. An exploit is a small code that targets a vulnerability. Shellcodes are written in assembly. We generally refer to sites like shell-storm.org to get shellcodes and attach them to our exploits. But how can we make our shellcodes? This series of articles focuses on creating our shellcodes. In Part 1, we’d be understanding basic assembly instructions, writing our very first assembly code, and turning that into a shell code. Table of Content Understanding CPU Registers First Assembl ..read more

This comprehensive guide delves into the intricacies of Lateral Movement utilizing Ligolo-Ng, a tool developed by Nicolas Chatelain. The Ligolo-Ng tool facilitates the establishment of tunnels through reverse TCP/TLS connections using a tun interface, avoiding the necessity of SOCKS. This guide covers various aspects, from the tool’s unique features to practical applications such as single and double pivoting within a network. Download Ligolo-Ng: Ligolo-Ng can be downloaded from the official repository: Ligolo-Ng Releases. Table of Contents: Introduction to Ligolo-Ng Ligolo V/S Chisel Lab Set ..read more

In this article, we will learn how to get a reverse in a few easy steps. Usually, the problem when reverse shell commands is to remember its long and complicating syntax. But due to growing AI of our digital world, this problem tackled and dealt with. Let’s see how it is done through this article. Table of Content What is Reverse Shell? Types of Reverse Shell Working of Reverse Shell Reverse Shell Generator – 1 Reverse Shell Generator – 2 Hack tool Shellz Mitigation What is Reverse Shell? A reverse shell is a technique used in computer security and hacking that allows an attacker to gain con ..read more

In this article, we will learn how to customise the Firefox browser for efficient pen-testing along with extensions you can use for the same purpose. Table of Contents: Introduction Understanding the Role of the Browser in Penetration Testing Extensions for efficient pen-testing Wappalyzer Foxyproxy Hacktool Hackbar Tamper data User-agent Switcher Cookie editor Temp mail Built with Conclusion Mindmap Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, penetration testing stands as a crucial pillar of defence against the relentless onslaught of cyber threats. Penetration testers, of ..read more

Introduction Serialization gathers data from objects, converts them to a string of bytes, and writes to disk. The data can be deserialized and the original objects can be recreated. Many programming languages offer a way to do this including PHP, Java, Ruby and Python (common backend coding languages in web). Let’s talk about serialization in Python. In Python, when we can use the pickle  module, the serialization is called “pickling.” Table of content Serialization in Python Serialization in Web Applications Over Pickling Python YAML vs Python Pickle Mitigation Demonstration Conclusion ..read more

This article talks about Trivy, which is a simple and comprehensive vulnerability scanner for containers and other artifacts, suitable for Continuous Integration and Testing. Table of Contents Introduction Installation Scanning Git Repository Scanning Container Image Scanning Filesystem Scanning the running Containers Embed Trivy in Dockerfile Introduction Trivy is an open-source tool by aqua security to scan for vulnerabilities and misconfiguration errors. This tool works at various levels: it can evaluate Infrastructure as Code, inspect container images, deliver configuration file assistan ..read more

Hello! Pentesters, this article is about a brute-forcing tool Hydra. Hydra is one of the favourite tools of security researchers and consultants. Being an excellent tool to perform brute force attacks, it provides various other options which can make your attack more intense and easier to gain unauthorised access to the system remotely. In this article, I have discussed each option available in hydra to make brute force attacks in various scenarios. Table of Contents Introduction to Hydra To guess password for a specific username Brute forcing Username and Password Verbose and Debug Mode NULL ..read more

Hi Pentesters! Let’s learn about a different tool Medusa, which is intended to be a speedy, parallel and modular, login brute forcer. The goal of the tool is to support as many services which allow remote authentication as possible. We can consider the following items to be some of the key features of the application. Thread-based parallel testing. Brute-force testing can be performed against multiple hosts, users or passwords concurrently. Flexible user input. Target information (host/user/password) can be specified in a variety of ways. For example, each item can be either a single entry or ..read more