How to change user agent in nmap

NMAP How to change user agent You can find the default value in /usr/share/nmap/nselib/http.lua (At the beginning of the file, a couple of lines after the comments) local USER_AGENT = stdnse.get_script_args(‘http.useragent’) or “Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Nmap Scripting Engine; http://nmap.org/book/nse.html)” You can change the value with this line local USER_AGENT = stdnse.get_script_args(‘http.useragent’) or “Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Read More …

AWS Notes – AWS Pentesting

An Opinionated Ramp Up Guide to AWS Pentesting https://awssecuritydigest.com/articles/opinionated-ramp-up-guide-to-aws-pentesting https://medium.com/@MorattiSec/my-aws-pentest-methodology-14c333b7fb58 Understanding the Shared Responsibility Model https://www.wiz.io/academy/shared-responsibility-model fwd:cloudsec https://fwdcloudsec.org/ AWS Customer Support Policy for Penetration Testing https://aws.amazon.com/security/penetration-testing/ Also, read this and follow the AWS pentesting rules. Cloud Tests One is a review of the external facing posture, which you can consider adjacent to a traditional External Read More …

Looking at Attack Surface Mapping

Hot Take Incomming……. Warning…… I am going to come right out and say it, and it will sound completely arrogant, but I think the majority of Attack Surface Mapping vendors out there are doing it wrong. ASM for those who are new to blogs like these, stands for Attack Surface Mapping.  This process is meant Read More …

AuKill EDR Post

Summary AuKill is a malicious software, often used by ransomware groups, designed to disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) security solutions on a system, essentially allowing attackers to bypass security measures before deploying ransomware by terminating EDR processes using a vulnerable, outdated driver like the Process Explorer driver from Sysinternals; effectively “killing” the EDR functionality.  Key points about Read More …

Notes on “Paved Road”

Lessons from Securing Internal Applications WebappSec Link Building a Security Platform Engineering Team “”” I’m a big fan of building security into existing processes, a term coined as “secure paved roads” by Jason Chan, Ex-Netflix CISO. The idea behind this is that security should mostly be invisible. The average employee should simply not have to Read More …

What is DTLS and where do I use it?

It’s best suited for small- to medium-sized businesses with deployments that range from tens to a few hundred computers. A provisioning package (. ppkg) is a container for a collection of configuration settings. Use the Windows Configuration Designer tool to create provisioning packages to easily configure devices running Windows client. Windows Configuration Designer is primarily Read More …