In my dash to pick up the basics of another operating system, getting into the right frame of mind can be, well, difficult. All that time and engery learning what and how to do something correctly in Windows to then run in to the brick wall of a new alien OS and it’s crazy syntax. [...]
The SANS 560 penetration course has addled my brains. I did pretty well on the exam, and should have left the offensive security side there, going back to tending my ever-growing, defensive side of the fence. But no. Carried by the enthusiasm of Damian’s initial experiences with the Penetration Testing with BackTrack course, formally known [...]
When calls come in about the Internet being slow, I normally take them with a pinch of salt. This time, a new Cisco ASA had been deployed to a site, so I was more inclined to investigate. The complaints centred around http downloads being much slower before the ASA was deployed; In the case of [...]
The very intense and mildly insane Mr Stephen Sims is doing a web cast for the Australian Computing Society on the Tuesday, August 25 at 6:00 PM. He is presenting Pass-the-Hash Attack with Meterpreter, this is a hands on practical, taken straight from day 3 of the SANS 560 track. In case you’ve forgot Stephen [...]
The magic that is the internet has allowed Damian, Senior Facilitator, to finally create a blog. He decided to throw away any form of social life and take the CISSP and the OSCP exams before the 30th of October. He is recording his decent in to madness here He is, as we like to say, [...]
