Professionally Evil Insights

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    Ransomware and Scareware Pop-ups
    Every computer owner has had the heart-stopping moment where a popup comes up and says that your ...
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    Targeted Pineapple Setup (7 easy steps to gather credentials onsite)
    The WiFi Pineapple Tetra is a wireless auditing tool from Hak5 that simplifies and automates the ...
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    Are You Ready for Your Pen Test?
    It is day three of a five-day penetration test engagement and we still don’t have all the ...
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    Ransomware Intelligence Briefing
    Ransomware Intelligence Briefing Media reporting on the WannaCry ransomware campaign has contained ...
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    Protecting your Kids from Online Threats
    “The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of ...
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    An Introduction to Javascript for XSS Payloads
    I recently got the opportunity to speak at B-Sides Charleston on cross-site scripting (XSS) payload ...
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    A Brief BeEF Overview
    BeEF, the Browser Exploitation Framework, is a testing tool that allows the penetration tester to ...
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    SQLMap Beginnings: What and How
    Testing web based applications is not only fun but is often multi-faceted and challenging. Often ...
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    Reversing Type 7 Cisco Passwords
    While working on a recent pen test, I came across a few Cisco routers sitting on an internal ...
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    We're Just Like the NSA, and Nothing Like Them
    During penetration tests, and especially scoping calls, we often get quizzed about what secret, ...
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    Red Teaming - Not What You May Have Thought
    Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of reading on some less technical topics and I ran across “Red Team: ...
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