I. Advanced Curl Techniques for Ethical Hacking This is our previous blogs related to curl. Beyond basic reconnaissance, curl truly shines when you need to craft custom HTTP requests, simulate complex user interactions, or bypass certain security measures. This is...
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Docker Privilege Escalation: Understanding Container Security Boundaries
Introduction In the rapidly evolving landscape of containerized applications, Docker has become the de facto standard for deploying and managing applications across diverse environments. While Docker provides significant benefits in terms of portability, scalability,...
Understanding Bind Shells: A Counterpart to Reverse Shells
Introduction The fundamental purpose remains the same: gaining a shell. This means achieving remote command execution on a target system, giving us the ability to interact with it as if we were sitting right in front of it. Just to quickly recap, a Reverse Shell is...
Beyond the Browser: Escalating from Mutillidae II Web Exploits to Root Access
Introduction Mutillidae II is a deliberately vulnerable web application, meaning it's designed to help you learn and practice various web exploitation techniques, including those that can lead to privilege escalation on the underlying operating system. It's important...
The Silent Detective: Mastering Passive Information Gathering
Introduction Imagine knowing almost everything about your target – their digital footprint, the technologies they use, even potential weak points – all before they even know you're looking. This isn't science fiction; it's the power of passive information gathering, a...
Understanding Reverse Shells: Your Guide to Remote Access & Defense
Beyond Netcat Basics Welcome back! In our last post, we explored the fundamentals of Netcat for basic network communication. Today, we're taking it a step further to understand a powerful, yet often misunderstood, concept: the Reverse Shell. For IT professionals,...