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Masscan – World’s Fastest Scanner – Scan the Entire Internet in Under 6 Minutes

Masscan – Worlds fastest scanner can scan the entire Internet in under 6 minutes, transmitting 10 million packets per second.  Masscan is an Internet-scale port scanner, useful for large-scale surveys of the Internet, or of internal networks. While the default transmit rate is only 100 packets/second, it can optional go as fast as 25 million […] The post Masscan – World’s Fastest Scanner – Scan…

Got slow portscans on CTF's? You will not believe how much this post will help you!

Aaaaaargh, my port scan take forever to complete! Heard that one before? You should have, it is a common complaint often heard between CTF rookies. Today we are looking into some ways to mitigate slow scans.

Nmap

When looking at the various complaints, Nmap seem to be the culprit. Gamers bash it for being slow and whatnot. Is it that bad? No, it isn’t. It’s all PEBCAK. It’s all about knowing how…

Its the first Sunday Round up for April 2017, hope you guys enjoy it! new format coming soon.

Articles:

6 Websites with Downloadable Firmware Images: https://www.tacnetsol.com/blogs/news/6-websites-with-downloadable-firmware-images

MASSCAN – Scan the Internet in minutes: http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/masscan-scan-internet-minutes/

Detecting and mitigating elevation-of-privilege exploit for CVE-2017-0005: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2017/03/27/detecting-and-mitigating-elevation-of-privilege-exploit-for-cve-2017-0005/

HashPump – Exploit Hash Length Extension Attack: http://www.darknet.org.uk/2017/03/hashpump-exploit-hash-length-extension-attack/

How I Let Disney Track My Every Move: http://gizmodo.com/how-i-let-disney-track-my-every-move-1792875386/amp

Microsoft Word File Spreads Malware Targeting Both Mac OS X and Windows (Part II): http://blog.fortinet.com/2017/03/29/microsoft-word-file-spreads-malware-targeting-both-mac-os-x-and-windows-part-ii

Security Awareness Newsletter: https://securingthehuman.sans.org/resources/newsletters/ouch/2017

Twitter:

"WikiLeaks Dump Shows CIA Interdiction of iPhone Supply Chain" #informationsecurity #feedly https://t.co/jQM5AhazPO

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) March 26, 2017

"LastPass scrambles to fix another major flaw – once again spotted by Google's bugfinders" #infosec #feedly https://t.co/O5u7PRXZcR

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) March 27, 2017

"Apple Fixes 223 Vulnerabilities Across macOS, iOS, Safari" #informationsecurity #feedly https://t.co/MeqmoclnWF

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) March 28, 2017

"Addressing the issue of misguided security spending" #informationsecurity #feedly https://t.co/wfxV2Tqnda

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) March 29, 2017

"Updates to the Google Safe Browsing’s Site Status Tool" #infosec #feedly https://t.co/JSOi6fVgDK

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) March 29, 2017

"Github Repository Owners Targeted by Data-Stealing Malware" #informationsecurity #feedly https://t.co/ZuWw7wczh9

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) March 30, 2017

"Verizon to pre-install a 'Spyware' app on its Android phones to collect user data" #infosec #feedly https://t.co/lo8zAg3Ipx

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) March 30, 2017

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Here's the round up for the first week of December:

Articles:

tinfoleak – Get Detailed Info About Any Twitter User: http://www.darknet.org.uk/2014/09/tinfoleak-get-detailed-info-twitter-user/ 

masscan – The Fastest TCP Port Scanner: http://www.darknet.org.uk/2014/09/masscan-fastest-tcp-port-scanner/

Introduction to Smartcard Security: http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/introduction-smartcard-security/

Haunted by hackers: http://theweek.com/articles/592121/haunted-by-hackers

How will you be programming in a decade ? http://dave.cheney.net/2015/12/07/how-will-you-be-programming-in-a-decade

Twitter:

13 Million #MacKeeper Users Hacked — 21 GB of Data Exposed https://t.co/nlF9043X2A #hacking #databreach pic.twitter.com/dIoZw4Kjl5

— Swati Khandelwal (@Swati_THN) December 15, 2015

Hacker Lexicon: Botnets, the Zombie Computer Armies That Earn Hackers Millions https://t.co/mzZB0F6Wob via @WIRED

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) December 16, 2015

To Kill -9 a Drone Daemon, Part 2: https://t.co/Dzpapy9M77

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) December 16, 2015

There Might Still Be Crooked Cops from the Silk Road Investigation https://t.co/m4iyXWG6lq via @motherboard

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) December 16, 2015

Hack Into a Linux Computer by Hitting the Backspace 28 Times https://t.co/LE8xi0gd9r via motherboard

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) December 17, 2015

to celebrate 1 year on #security-sleuth.com I'm starting a cool other blogs page just tweet me if you want to be added #ITRTG

— The Security Sleuth (@Security_Sleuth) December 18, 2015

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