Webcast: John Strand’s 5 Year Plan into InfoSec, Part 2
John Strand talks about his own journey into information security and shares his suggestions for those wanting to get started from scratch or who are looking to change career tracks. […]
How-To
How to Find an InfoSec Mentor
BB King // We got an email from a fan today asking how best to find a mentor in information security. Maybe you’re looking for a mentor too. It’s a […]
DOs and DON’Ts of Pentest Report Writing
Melisa Wachs// The first day of school has started for your school-age kiddos. What better time to run through some of our basic reporting guidelines with y’all? Here is a […]
Active Directory Best Practices to Frustrate Attackers: Webcast & Write-up
Kent Ickler & Jordan Drysdale // BHIS Webcast and Podcast This post accompanies BHIS’s webcast recorded on August 7, 2018, Active Directory Best Practices to Frustrate Attackers, which you can view below. […]
How to Hack WebSockets and Socket.io
Ethan Robish // WebSockets Overview WebSockets is a technology to allow browsers and servers to establish a single TCP connection and then asynchronously communicate in either direction. This is great […]
What to Expect After a Pen Test
Scott Worden* // So you and your company had a pen test…now what? What to do, how to plan, and good SQUIRREL! ways to stay on track. The 3 […]
Scout2 Usage: AWS Infrastructure Security Best Practices
Jordan Drysdale// Full disclosure and tl;dr: The NCC Group has developed an amazing toolkit for analyzing your AWS infrastructure against Amazon’s best practices guidelines. Start here: https://github.com/nccgroup/Scout2 Then, access your […]
Offensive SPF: How to Automate Anti-Phishing Reconnaissance Using Sender Policy Framework
Kent Ickler // TL;DR: This post describes the process of building an active system to automatically recon SPF violations. Disclaimer: There are parts of this build that might not be legal […]
Running HashCat on Ubuntu 18.04 Server with 1080TI
Derrick Rauch and Kent Ickler // (Updated 3/22/2019) First, to see what our build looks like, look here: https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/build-password-cracker-nvidia-gtx-1080ti-gtx-1070/ What’s next? Time for System Rebuild! First, you need to decide whether you […]