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 …

Some Computer Blogs

This post is just another compilation from my earlier blogger site.  This post will focus on various newsletters, blogs, or similar that I followed at some point or another. Matteo Malvica Penetration Testing Lab Specific Articles New Forensic Investigation Procedures for First Responder Guides This is the story about when a nation state hacks into Read More …

Infrastructure Attacks Are Growing

A couple of news articles caught my eye this past week that are quite interesting IMO. Ukraine’s largest mobile operator Kyivstar downed by ‘powerful’ cyberattack & Attacks on Critical Infrastructure Attributed to Insidious Taurus You have to love the names that the security companies come up with for the other nation state actors.  I am Read More …

What is SEO Poisoning?

SEO Poisoning (or Search Engine Optimization Poisoning) is a type of social engineering attack that targets an unsuspecting user, or maybe someone who is in a hurry and not paying close attention.  These are typically used by bad guys to fool unsuspecting users into clicking their links and going to the wrong website, or worse Read More …