Monthly Archives: May 2017

May 30 2017
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Threat Intelligence, Tools, Uncategorized

Part 1: Install/Setup Bro Cluster

In this blog series I am going to show you how to setup an effective Bro cluster. In future posts I hope to be tweaking Bro to produce better detection with custom rules and utilizing open threat intelligence feeds. Bro is the perfect solution for a homegrown IDS solution because it’s free and can be distributed. In my home network I have a DNS server and proxy server that I wish to monitor with Bro. Bro allows me to setup agents(workers) to monitor my DNS and proxy servers and forward data to a Bro manager for analysis.

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May 30 2017
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ForFunAndWumbos, Red Teaming, Tools

Part 2: How to red team – Metasploit framework

In this post I am going to briefly cover the exploitation process with the  Metasploit framework. A framework is defined as a real or conceptual structure intended to serve as a support or guide for the building of something that expands the structure into something useful. The Metasploit framework allows red teamers to configure an exploit, choose a payload, an encoding technique to obfuscate the payload, and post-exploitation modules after access is gained. The next couple of sections are going to walk through the process of exploitation. I believe the Metasploit approach is a template to know because other frameworks and tools follow the same flow. Continue reading →

May 29 2017
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ForFunAndWumbos, Red Teaming

Part 1: How to Red Team – Scanning and Enumeration

I have to be honest that my red team skills could use some improvement. I firmly believe that red teaming is a skill and a mindset that people have. I believe some people are naturally born with this mindset and others develop it, I am a developer :).Currently, I am aspiring to become an incident responder because the thrill of the hunt seems like A LOT of fun to me. But to be an effective incident responder I have to understand my adversary and their strategies.

This blog post series will include my approach of learning how to become a red teamer in a competition type of environment. Now my reasoning for this is because I have the ability to compete in multiple competitions as red teamer as a college student. Additionally, I hope to periodically return to these posts and update them with new tactics and tools that I find and use.

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May 20 2017
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System Administration

Install/Setup Proxmox 5.0 Beta

Being a college student is awesome because you get access to all this software for FREE! I was fortunate to have access to VMware products for free and I love playing with those tools. However, I graduate soon which means I have to transition to free(affordable) solutions for virtualization. I have decided to go with Proxmox as my solution and this guide will show you how to set it up :).

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