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Demonstrating XSS with BeEF

By Jason • Jun 14th, 2010 • Category: SBN, Tools

The Browser Exploitation Framework is used to capture the login credentials of a site’s users as they authenticate to the site.



ISACA Whitepaper: Social Media Risks

By Jason • Jun 12th, 2010 • Category: SBN, Security News

ISACA released an interesting and though provoking white paper digging in to the risks that social media poses. It covers vulnerabilities, threats, risks, and mitigating techniques.



Using Wireshark and John to Crack LEAP

By Jason • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: SBN, Tools

Cisco’s wireless authentication protocol, LEAP, can be cracked using Wireshark and John the Ripper.



DEFCON-Day 1: July 31

By Jason • Jul 31st, 2009 • Category: Events, SBN

My schedule for DEFCON, Day 1.



Incident Handling: Phase 1 – Preparation

By Jason • Mar 1st, 2009 • Category: SBN, Security Musings

Performing incident response effectively is a complex undertaking and establishing a successful incident response capability requires significant planning and resources. Here is some ground work you need to do first and tools to have at the ready.



Host Integrity Monitoring – Osiris (part 1)

By Jason • Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: SBN, Tools

Right now, I am reading your email. Doubt me? If you’re not monitoring your hosts, how do you know?



What is “Information Security?”

By Jason • Dec 11th, 2008 • Category: SBN, Security Musings

Security is unattainable. Your assets, your data, even YOU are NEVER free from danger. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either a fool or a liar.



Dual boot Windows XP and Backtrack 3

By Jason • Sep 21st, 2008 • Category: SBN, Security News

This tutorial will walk you through resizing a partition, partitioning the remaining space, installing Backtrack 3, and configuring the machine to dual boot.