Week 4 Takeaways

Assigned readings:

Metasploit extended usage includes various capabilities, such as Mimikatz, a user friendly metepreter script composed of various tasks that attackers will want to perform on the initial exploitation phase. There are also various capabilities such as PHP Meterpreter, backdooring exe files, karametasploit, and payloads through MSSQL. Another area that Metasploit unleashed allows is MSF community edition and Armitage. The MSF community edition and Armitage allow scanning, exploitation, and post exploitation.

In the news:
“New Smart Gun Technology Uses Fingerprint Recognition to Childproof Firearms”

The Identilock is a trigger lock device that uses fingerprint recognition to childproof a firearm that starts at $319. It is roughly the size of a man’s palm and fits over the trigger of pistols. It recognizes up to nine different fingerprints, from either different fingers or people, on a square window about twice the size of the biometric sensor on most smartphones. Smart gun technology has been around in some form or another since the late 1990s. Models use fingerprint recognition or a transmitter device within a watch, bracelet or ring to unlock the trigger mechanisms in a gun. The Identilock also comes with a key as a failsafe. And the battery on the lock lasts for 180 days on one charge.

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