Let’s imagine a pen-test scenario… You’ve gotten past those firewalls and compromised your first machine! Even more – You’ve escalated yourself to an admin account! How cool is that!! But you quickly realize that there are a few DLP and SIEM tools that you may need to temporarily disable or turn off. Now, I’m always…
Continue reading →Security for the Paranoid! Ever wished there was a script to take a snapshot of all your current and dormant programs, ports, apps, group policies, USBs, drivers, Scheduled Tasks and Firewall rules to name a few? Welcome to WinSBL– Windows Security Baseline. I call it security for the paranoid. Are you worried you might have…
Continue reading →What do you do with your old laptop and workstations? Well, if you’re like me and most other geeks out there, you must be planning to transition those machines to some kind of server… you can never have enough of servers! Let’s say you plan to use one of the older laptops with 8 GB…
Continue reading →“Oh I always have a lot of work to catch up on.. that’s the reason I don’t get enough sleep” Does that sound familiar? If you’re one of those people who put sleep on the backburner, it may be harming you more than you can imagine. Here’s the classic response: “Perhaps the reason you’ve a…
Continue reading →The OSCP is one of the most respected and practical certifications in the world of Offensive Security. With this post, I intend to share my experiences as well as some tips and tricks for going through lab machines and the arduous 24 hour exam. I hope this helps you in getting an overall feel for the PWK…
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