Scanning hosts with nmap is a lot of fun.
How to get useful information from a remote web server using Nmap.
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Ebay website running scripts to port scan visitors.
The Ebay online-shopping website is running scripts to port scan users and determine if they are using a VPN and possibly attempting fradulent activity. But this is a compromise of security and trust. This can be blocked though. There is a lot of information about this here: https://blog.nem.ec/2020/05/24/ebay-port-scanning/. Judging by…
Read MoreWhy you need to secure your website against online attack.
Securing your website against online attacks is very important. There are many online tools and distributions like Backtrack and Kali that have mass-scanning tools to use against a website. Below is what a mass-scanning attack on a website looks like. This is searching for vulnerable scripts on an Apache website….
Read MoreAnother way to listen to Wi-Fi traffic using Kali Linux and a wireless adaptor.
The p0f command for Kali Linux allows a user to listen in on traffic passing over a wireless network. I am using a Netgear WLAN adapter and I am listening in on an open Access Point. This is the command to use: p0f -i wlan0 this will start the p0f…
Read MoreHow to scan for vulnerable ports on a host with the Kali Linux distribution.
Scanning for vulnerable ports is easy with the Kali Linux distribution. Here is a simple port scan of my Windows Server 2012 R2 laptop host OS using Kali Linux. homer@kali:~$ sudo nmap 192.168.1.6 Starting Nmap 6.46 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-05-28 20:44 EST Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.6 Host…
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