So a friend of mine is working on a CAPTCHA solving program. I can't go into the details here as it's not my work therefore it's not up to me to disclose. This did peak my interest slightly as I … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tutorial
Vulnhub: Billu – b0x
So here is my write up for the vulnhub challenge “Billu: b0x” which can be downloaded from: https://www.vulnhub.com/entry/billu-b0x,188/ This interested me as there is no walkthrough for me to cheat (as I have a tendency to) and it is a “medium … Continue reading
Quick and dirty apache jail
What is an "Apache Jail" and why would I want it? Taken from first result in google: "A chroot jail is a way to isolate a process and its children from the rest of the system. It should only be … Continue reading
Setting up an Iodine server
What is Iodine? Basically it’s a server that allows you to tunnel traffic through DNS Why would I want this? There are multiple uses for this, the ones that come to mind are: – Get free internet from paid wifi … Continue reading
Zenity
I don’t know about you, but I use a lot of programs and scripts that require using the command line. Mostly this is for security applications. However I have recently discovered “zenity” and wow! from wikipedia: “Zenity is free software … Continue reading
Heatmaps – Click tracking tutorial
As you can tell by the title, this tutorial is going to be how to implement click tracking and display them on an overlay to your website. I recently launched a new website (CheckAttacks.com) and wanted to implement this to … Continue reading
Personal portable website development
I guess firstly. Whats this about? well I like to take my current projects everywhere I can with me. I like to work where ever I can, if an idea comes to me, I want to be able to implement … Continue reading
My debian laptop setup
I have been asked to give a tour / demonstration on how I have set up my laptop. I use it for everyday use... web devolpment, social networking, security... it's not powerful enough for gaming but will do pretty much … Continue reading
Cracking android lockscreens
SO as you can probably tell from the title, this will be a small tutorial on how to get the password for android devices, specifically if it has a gesture password (see image left of here) For this demonstration I … Continue reading
Sony VAIO TZ series fan repair
My laptop, as you may have guessed, is a Sony VAIO TZ series (specifically VGN-TZ31VN) Not a cheap piece of equipment, I got it on the same month as it was released. There are a lot of people that absolutely … Continue reading
Securing a LAMP server (Part 2)
The first part of this series on securing a LAMP server setup focused on hardening Apache (the popular web server) this article will focus on securing both MySQL and PHP. This is a fairly straight forward process and should be … Continue reading
Securing a LAMP server (Part 1)
Weather you are just starting out and want some basic tips or you have run a server for a while there comes a point when you realise a need for security on it, by default a lot of configurations are … Continue reading
Unblock thepiratebay
As I’m guessing a lot of people are awear a law has passed in the uk blocking access to the website thepiratebay, arguably the most popular BitTorrent tracker on the internet. I am with BT and I now get the … Continue reading
Web development life-cycle
The life-cycle of creating a website from scratch is not an exact science, it varies from site to site, it is different for each persons requirements, sometimes different parts take longer than others, focus is constantly changing and it’s nonlinear … Continue reading