Posts filed under Backtrack

Penetration Test – Ghatering Phase. [Part 2]

This is a part of my article “Sharpen your axe with BackTrack – Gathering phase” published on PenTest Magazine and Hakin9 magazine. I have the right to do up to 100 downloads of these magazines, so If you are interested on it you can download PenTest Extra BackTrack Compendium 03_20132 or Hakin9 starter kit 03_20131… (read more)

Penetration Test – Ghatering Phase. [Part 1]

This is a part of my article “Sharpen your axe with BackTrack – Gathering phase” published on PenTest Magazine and Hakin9 magazine. I have the right to do up to 100 downloads of these magazines, so If you are interested on it you can download PenTest Extra BackTrack Compendium 03_20132 or Hakin9 starter kit 03_20131… (read more)

EMETv4 – Part 2

[begin of phase 2] Take a look at the [phase 1] I continue my tests about EMETv4. This time I’ve installed EMETv4 on the same machine HP-CLI01 and HP-SRV01 (note that framework 4 is required ). The only configuration I set is the “recommended” one. Test4 Target: Windows Server 2003 SP2 eng; Host Name: HP-SRV01;… (read more)

EMETv4 – Part 1

The theory Microsoft has relased the full edition of the free software EMETv4 “Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit”. The Company puts together some tecnologies such ASLR and DEP to mitigate the risk of system hacking; first of all the “Zero day” attacks. This, thanks to DEP and ASLR, will not only patch Microsoft software, but all… (read more)

SAM dump and Windows password decrypt.

The Windows passwords are stored and crypted in the SAM file (c:\windows\system32\config\). In the same folder you can find the key to decrypt it: the file SYSTEM. This two files are locked by the kernel when the operating system is up, so to backup it and decrypt you have to use some bootable linux distro,… (read more)

Create a domain user admin through an exploited PC

The server and pc hardening is the process of securing a system, limiting the surface that can be attacked. One of its role is to limitate the use of amministrative right. Nowadays users have to use an unprivileged accounts, also sysadmins have to remind this role when configuring service and scripts. Sometimes, to let centralized… (read more)