Category Archives: Security

Want to stalk someone from pictures they post?

Posted on May 20, 2016 by robertwilkie

Interesting tool that takes the info from pictures on social sites and maps out where they where took. http://www.geocreepy.com/

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Well ah…thats a different use for your old cantenna

Posted on May 10, 2016 by robertwilkie

Did you build a Cantenna in the late 2000’s?  Well here is a purpose for it with a Raspberry Pi, basically you are building a directional WiFi Jammer.  The author’s goal was to jam drones, but this will work for … Continue reading →

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ATM skimmers getting harder and harder to detect

Posted on May 9, 2016 by robertwilkie

Its getting to the point where its almost impossible to find these things if they are installed http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/05/crooks-go-deep-with-deep-insert-skimmers/

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Tools for pen testing on Android

Posted on May 6, 2016 by robertwilkie

dSploit, Network SPoofer, Network Discovery, Shark for Root, Penetrate Pro, DroidSheep, WPSScan, Nessus, FaceNiff, WebSecurify, network mapper, Router BruteForce, Andosid, AppUse, Half of these are ports from Linux.  Some require you to root your phone.  I have tried out about … Continue reading →

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Defeating chip and pin by saying the card is stupid

Posted on May 3, 2016 by robertwilkie

Interesting tech, the original author built a simple atiny system that would fake out the card reader so it would thing a card was mag stripe only, so it would not use the chip bit. Defeating Chip and PIN With … Continue reading →

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RouterSploit, Metasploit (like) for routers

Posted on April 28, 2016 by robertwilkie

Interesting python based tool.  It is used to find security issue with routers.  Sounds like its similar to Metasploit in setup/use.  Haven’t tried it myself thought. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/26/pair_publishes_python_framework_for_rapid_router_wrecking/

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Basics for securing your RPi

Posted on April 13, 2016 by robertwilkie

Good article.  I don’t know about using snort on an RPi thought…that could slow it down pretty good. https://www.hackster.io/charifmahmoudi/iot-security-tips-to-protect-your-device-from-bad-hackers-768093?ref=platform&ref_id=425_trending___&offset=0

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Docker memory forensics article

Posted on March 22, 2016 by robertwilkie

Interesting article on gbetting memory forensics of linux.  Actually I like the command pstree it talks about (which seems to be a standard command in linux now). https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Forensicating+Docker%2C+Part+1/20835

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Google gives bindiff away

Posted on March 22, 2016 by robertwilkie

Interesting, Google is giving away a tool to analysis binaries for patches.  Used to charge up to 1200$ for it. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/22/google_gives_away_its_internal_1200_patch_analysis_tool_for_free/

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I like the tutorial better than the pic example

Posted on March 17, 2016 by robertwilkie

I found the animated picture more useful than the article. Pick Locks Like In The Movies: Using a Bobby Pin

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