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ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking

Wade Mackey

Brent Hladik

WordPress Plugin Used by 300,000+ Sites Found Vulnerable to SQL Injection Attack

November 14, 2017 by Brent Hladik 2 Comments

https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/wordpress-hacking-sql-injection.html

Speaking of wordpress since we use that here  🙂  This site basically sums up how vulnerable sites that use

a WordPress plugin are potentially to sql injection related attacks.  Hopefully our schools site doesn’t use this

plugin that is causing all sorts of problems.

WHATSAPP HACK SHOWS THAT EVEN ENCRYPTION APPS ARE VULNERABLE IN A BROWSER

November 14, 2017 by Brent Hladik 1 Comment

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/whatsapp-hack-shows-even-encryption-apps-vulnerable-browser/

This site goes over in detail what happened to the Whatsapp application recently where their

encryption apps were even broken into.  It just goes to show that anything is potentially vulnerable if

if it is on the web in a public space and not private.

DHS Mandates DMARC, HTTPS for All US Federal Agencies

November 14, 2017 by Brent Hladik Leave a Comment

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/dhs-mandates-dmarc-https/

Here we can see what attempts the federal govt is taking to secure the govt networks.

It is good to see that they are trying to step up their security more and more.

Four Disruptive ‘Cyber Trends’ At RSA

November 14, 2017 by Brent Hladik 1 Comment

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2017/02/20/four-disruptive-cyber-trends-at-rsa/#5272e2d69917

This article is interesting in all of the different kinds of cyber tools out there that companies could use to

analyze any kind of potential cyber security attack on their systems.

DHS Official: No Proof Kaspersky Software Used to Hack Fed IT

November 14, 2017 by Brent Hladik 1 Comment

https://www.databreachtoday.com/dhs-official-no-proof-kaspersky-software-used-to-hack-fed-it-a-10456

Despite everyone’s concern about the Russians using Kaspersky to spy on the governments computer systems there is no evidence that this has occurred.  While at the same time ruining a corporations image.   People react out of fear and in this case it proves it in my opinion.

New Banking Malware with Network Sniffer Spreading Rapidly Worldwide

November 14, 2017 by Brent Hladik 2 Comments

https://thehackernews.com/2014/06/new-banking-malware-with-network.html

 

This is an interesting article in that it discusses how attackers used a combination of malware

and network sniffers to attack users to try to gain their bank information.  This is pretty unsettling as

more and more attacks like this happen.  Makes you not trust banks and their software as more and more

cases like this in the news is reported.

Hacked Home Devices Can Spy On You

November 14, 2017 by Brent Hladik Leave a Comment

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/hacked-home-devices-can-spy-you-n814671

 

This is kind of scary considering more and more of our appliances/devices connect to the internet.

It is scary because if hackers really want to mess with major corporations they can potentially mess

with them through their appliances without them knowing it.

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Weekly Discussions

  • Uncategorized (33)
  • Week 01: Overview (2)
  • Week 02: TCP/IP and Network Architecture (2)
  • Week 03: Reconnaisance (11)
  • Week 04: Vulnerability Scanning (14)
  • Week 05: System and User Enumeration (13)
  • Week 06: Sniffers (17)
  • Week 07: NetCat and HellCat (17)
  • Week 08: Social Engineering, Encoding and Encryption (21)
  • Week 09: Malware (14)
  • Week 10: Web Application Hacking (17)
  • Week 11: SQL Injection (13)
  • Week 12: Web Services (18)
  • Week 13: Evasion Techniques (13)
  • Week 14: Review of all topics (11)

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