Ethical hacking and penetration testing

Table of contents 1. Introducing and Installing John the Ripper 2. Utilities for extracting hashes 3. How to start cracking passwords in John the Ripper (how to specify masks, dictionaries, hashes, formats, modes) 4. Practical examples of John the Ripper usage 5. Rule-based attack 6. How to brute force non-standard hashes 6.1 How toRead More

Disadvantages of Rule-Based Attacks The method of filtering only suitable password candidates using Rule Based Attack, shown in the article “How to create dictionaries that comply with specific password strength policies”, is not always convenient. More precisely, it is convenient when working with existing dictionaries. If using this method toRead More

Usually, when we install a Linux distribution on a laptop, often Wi-Fi support is present in whole or in part for most models. The drivers are integrated into the Linux kernel and as a result, everything “just works” out of the box. But problems start if there is no driverRead More

Table of contents 1. What is MySQL for 2. MySQL client and server 3. Installing MySQL on Kali Linux 4. Kali Linux replaced MySQL with MariaDB 5. Setting up MySQL on Kali Linux 6. Starting and enabling MySQL autorun 7. Setting and changing the MySQL password. Reset forgotten MySQL/MariaDB password 8. How to connect toRead More

Table of contents 1. Network services in Kali Linux 2. Apache on Kali Linux 2.1 Configuring virtual hosts 2.2 Frequently used directives 2.3 Authentication requirement 2.4 Access contol 3. MySQL on Kali Linux 3.1 Solving the problem with error “#1698 - Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’” in Kali Linux 3.2 MySQL password in Kali Linux 3.3 How toRead More

A web server is a very useful thing for a penetration tester. Examples of using: phishing attacks substitution of the original site for DNS spoofing disclosure of the target's IP address using social engineering placement of scripts for collecting data for XSS vulnerabilities collecting data from compromised systems, placing filesRead More

Locale When installing Linux, you can select the system language (locale) - and in the future this language will be used in Linux programs and windows (except for those applications for which no translation has been made). If you decide to change the Linux language, then you do not needRead More

How to set root password to start using MySQL For a newly installed MySQL, the root user password is empty.  You can log into MySQL (MariaDB) with the following command without even entering your password: sudo mysql -u root To set the root password run and follow the instructions: sudoRead More

Free VPNs with easy setup I already talked about the autovpn program in the article “Free easy way to hide IP in Linux”. The essence of its work is as follows: it downloads a list of free VPN servers, searches them for VPN servers from the country you specified, andRead More

Will Kali work better installed on USB or virtual machine? I would install it on the HDD, but I still need Windows as my primary OS. Or suggest your own version. All variants have pros and cons. 1. Typical installation in a virtual machine Advantages: Safe (do not harm theRead More