Tech Tip Tuesday – PowerSploit

Are you making the most of Powershell during your Windows evaluation? PowerSploit is a collection of Microsoft PowerShell modules that can be used to aid penetration testers during all phases of an assessment.

https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Learning PowerShell

If your “going to the gym everyday” New Year’s Resolution isn’t working out, maybe it’s time to change it to “learn PowerShell”. Windows PowerShell has been around since 2006 and is currently included in Windows 7 and 2008 R2 and up. It’s the go to tool for all hats (white, gray, black) and should be incorporated into your vulnerability assessment tool bag.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2015/01/04/weekend-scripter-the-best-ways-to-learn-powershell.aspx

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Tech Tip Tuesday – So Long IE 7, 8, 9 and 10… sort of

As of today, Microsoft will only support the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system. This means you can still run IE9 but only on Windows Vista SP2. IE exploits are in the wild. Make sure you are using a support browser. The link below takes you to you a table that explains everything.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle#gp/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer

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Tech Tip Tuesday – PyCat

Last July we told you about PowerCat, the PowerShell replacement for netcat. Well here’s PyCat the Python replacement for netcat. This allows hackers to live off the land and system administrators troubleshoot without installing additional tools.

https://github.com/NullArray/PyCat

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Adobe Flash Player 0-Day

This 0-Day is currently being exploited in the wild. You should update to version 20.0.0.267, disable it or uninstall Flash completely. Brian Krebs survived a month without with Flash and so can you. #FriendsDontLetFriendsDoFlash

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/12/flash-player-patch-fixes-0-day-18-other-flaws/

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Tech Tip Tuesday – 2015 SANS Holiday Hack

Are you home for the holidays with nothing to do? Why not take the SANS Holiday Hack and compete for the Grand Prize, a free SANS Online Training course (normally priced around $5,000). Answers must be submitted before January 4, 2016 but the content will remain available well after. If this is your first SANS Holiday Hack, I would recommend checking out past challenges first. There’s a lot of open source intelligence on the Internets.

https://www.holidayhackchallenge.com/

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Star Wars Spoiler Blocker

If you’ve been trying to avoid all those Star Wars Episode VII spoilers in the Internet, this should help. This Chrome extension will read ahead and warn you of any potential spoilers ahead.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/25/mad-at-all-these-star-wars-spoilers-install-star-wars-spoiler-blocker/

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