Nessus vulnerability scanner is what it does say on the tin: A vulnerability scanner. Using techniques similar to Nmap, but presenting the information in a beautiful GUI.
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#FromZeroToHacker
Day 076 #FromZeroToHacker – Hydra for beginners
Hydra is a brute force online password cracking program and a quick system login password hacking tool. Hydra can run a list and brute-force authentication services, especially if they have weak passwords.
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Day 075 #FromZeroToHacker – Nmap for beginners
Proper enumeration should be done before any exploitation attempts are made, as the more knowledge we have, the more vectors attack we may use.
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Day 072 #FromZeroToHacker – History of Malware
“Malware” consists of two words combined: “Malicious” and “Software”. Malware is designed to damage computers and/or networks.
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Day 071 #FromZeroToHacker – Encryption – Crypto 101
Cryptography is used to protect confidentiality, ensure integrity and authenticity. Even if we don’t notice, we use encryption daily.
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Day 070 #FromZeroToHacker – John the Ripper
John the ripper is one of the most used hash cracking tools out there. Fast, great range of hash types and loads of tutorials and information.
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Day 069 #FromZeroToHacker – Hashing – Crypto 101
Hashing is the process of transforming a given key or string of characters into another value. This is especially useful when we are dealing with passwords.
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Day 068 #FromZeroToHacker – Common cyber attacks
Using the internet is something common nowadays, so it is imperative that we understand and can protect ourselves against common attacks.
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Day 067 #FromZeroToHacker – Security Awareness
Based on a report from IBM, human errors were the main reason for 95% of successful cyber attacks. That is why security awareness is so important.
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Day 066 #FromZeroToHacker – XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attacks
XXE injection is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application’s processing of XML data. Let’s learn the different ways we can do this.
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