Setting up Wazuh on Virtual Machine (OVA) User: wazuh-user Password: wazuh In our case it will be https://192.168.29.160 You will get the following web page User: admin Password: admin Setting up an agent on the endpoint. Once you login into the wazuh dashboard you can add agents: On clicking Agents option you will get theContinue reading “Wazuh”
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Weekly roundup for August 20 to 26
SEIKO Data Breach The watch manufacturing company Seiko, targeted by the threat group BlackCat/ALPHV who operates as ransomware as a service. On August 10, the company notified its customers about a data breach after they detected unauthorized access to its server. Cloud Host Lost All Data There has been a cyber attack on two cloudContinue reading “Weekly roundup for August 20 to 26”
HackTheBox – Keeper
User Flag Ater adding the target machine in /etc/hosts we conducted a NMAP scan. While accessing the IP over browser we got the following URL. After adding this URL in the /etc/hosts file we tried to access the URL. We tried to brute force the credentials manually and the following credential set worked. root:password UponContinue reading “HackTheBox – Keeper”
HackTheBox – Photobomb
NMAP Scanning Added address in /etc/hosts and open the web page Upon clicking the link it asks for credentials. As we do not have any credentials I got the page below. I tried to view the source code and found the photobomb.js file. After opening that file I got the credentials. Username: pH0t0 Password: b0Mb!Continue reading “HackTheBox – Photobomb”
HackTheBox – Precious
NMAP Scanning Add website to hosts file: Open the web service This website takes a web page URL and converts it into PDF. On examining the pdf, it shows that it is using pdfkit v0.8.6 version On searching we found vulnerability for mentioned version On studying the POC it looks like the URL parameter isContinue reading “HackTheBox – Precious”
Domain 2: Asset Security
Asset Types Asset Classification Asset Storage Apply appropriate controls based on classification Data is more valuable than the media Asset Security Data Classification Type of Data Data Stakeholders Data Remanence Data left over after a removal and deletion process Data Destruction Scoping Portion of standards that will be applicable for organization Tailoring Customizing standards asContinue reading “Domain 2: Asset Security”
Domain 1: Security and Risk Management
CIA Triad: IAAA: Accounting: The action owner logs are reviewed for violations Non-repudiation: The action owner cannot deny his/her actions Governance(Not us): Management(Us): Principle: There are 2 types of principles: Standards and Frameworks There are many security frameworks and standards available for security implementation and guidance for any organization. A few examples are Protection MethodsContinue reading “Domain 1: Security and Risk Management”
Common Linux Privilege Escalation
Used room: https://tryhackme.com/room/commonlinuxprivesc Privilege Escalation is a practice. It mainly depends upon configuration done in the system that acts as a weakness to escalate the privileges. These configurations can be of many types. For e.g.: So, today or tonight we will see various methods to do privilege escalation in Linux. Step 1: Enumerate the machineContinue reading “Common Linux Privilege Escalation”
Net Sec Challenge
What is the highest port number being open less than 10,000? 8080 There is an open port outside the common 1000 ports; it is above 10,000. What is it? 10021 How many TCP ports are open? 6 What is the flag hidden in the HTTP server header? THM{web_server_25352} What is the flag hidden in theContinue reading “Net Sec Challenge”
AWS Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
IaC allows you to write a script to provision AWS resources. The benefit is that you provision resources in a reproducible manner that saves time. CloudFormation CloudFormation allows you to provision AWS resources using IaC. Features: Provides a repeatable process for provisioning resources. Works with most AWS services. Create templates for the resources you wantContinue reading “AWS Infrastructure as Code (IaC)”
