In this article, we will be brute-forcing SSH Using Hydra. Hydra is one of the favorite tools in a hacker’s toolkit. It is an excellent tool for performing brute force attacks and can be used from a red team perspective to break into systems as well as from a blue team perspective to audit and
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In this module, we will learn how to check for updates at login on our Ubuntu/Debian machines using a self-made script that can be customized easily to fit our requirements. Prerequisites For this program, we’ll need a terminal emulator. We will use xterm for our example but feel free to use the terminal emulator of
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Samba, as described by their official website is: “Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix.” Samba basically allows Unix systems to share files and printers with Windows so that in spite of their differences, these two systems can peacefully exist. Samba is also very instrumental in integrating Linux/Unix servers
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Recently, Qualys released CVE-2021-3156: a deadly sudo bug that has been there for 10 years and not only affects Linux, but also macOS, AIX, and Solaris. In this module, we will go over some crucial aspects of it in a very easy-to-follow manner. What Is CVE-2021-3156? CVE-2021-3156 is a heap exploit which effects the sudo
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If you’re having trouble locating a package on your Linux system, know it’s a frequently occurring problem for those new to package installations or executions, especially on Debian/Ubuntu-based systems. Nonetheless, there’s no need to be concerned since we’ve got you covered. This article will provide a detailed walkthrough on resolving this problem using the APT
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As a user of Ubuntu or Debian-based Linux distributions, you may have encountered the frustrating “Permission Denied” error while accessing specific files and directories. This error is typically caused by inadequate file permissions or ownership settings, preventing you from accessing the required resources. This article will explore three methods to resolve the “Permission Denied” error on
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In this module, we are going to learn how to login as root over SSH on Ubuntu/Debian machine. Often it is required to SSH into servers as root for administrative reasons. This is disabled by default on most machines but in this article, we will go over this, one step at a time. Steps to
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The idea to build packages from source might not be something we often hear about when speaking in the context of Debian. It is more of an Arch-y thing but in this module, we are going to learn how can we do the same on any of the Debian based distros. Steps to Build Packages
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The sprintf() function belongs to the printf() family of functions. In this module, we are going to discover more about this function and how we can use it in our programs. Defining the sprintf() function The Linux Man Pages for sprintf() defines it as : Basically sprintf() stands for “String Print”. Unlike standard printf() which
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Private keys allow the users to login to SSH without a password. This is considered a safe practice in some cases while also discards the need to remember multiple passwords. In this tutorial, we would learn how to generate our own SSH Key Pair on our local machine and then configure our Server to use
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