Security Leftovers
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Microsoft mends Windows zero-day on April Patch Tuesday [Ed: The latest bug doors are ready to be installed on 'your' machine, even against your will]
What's old is new again as multiple security updates from the past made a comeback this month to push the total number of vulnerabilities addressed to 102.
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How to use the John the Ripper password cracker
Red teams and blue teams use password cracking to gain access to systems and to detect weak user passwords or test defenses during red team-blue team exercises.
Password crackers can be online or offline. Online password crackers, such as Hydra, are used when brute-forcing online network protocols and HTML forms. Situations where online brute forcing might be impractical include a remote system that limits the rate of sign-in attempts or a system that locks users out indefinitely after a predefined number of invalid login attempts.
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What Is an Application Level Gateway? Guide to Proxy Firewalls
Application-level gateways, also known as proxy firewalls, are a type of network security solution that takes action on behalf of the apps and programs they’re set to monitor in a network. They’re primarily responsible for filtering messages and exchanging data flow at the application layer.