First we must consider that built-in machine architecture decisions impact the way you exploit these issues. For example, in the classical writing Smashing the stack for fun and profit by Aleph One, we can see that an x86 stack typically grows downward (i.e. the base for the stack is the highest address, and as we…
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The answer to your question - Are PDF files safe is that antivirus nowadays gives the option to autoscan possible infected attachments in emails however I have never used one and not sure if the web interface works with such kind of scanning. Using thunderbird for example or analog desktop app for windows would allow…
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My suggestion is to have your clients manage their own encrypted ftp password or certificates. Certain FTP clients will allow the use of encryption, as an example: http://www.coreftp.com/docs/web1/FTP_Encryption.htm. I want to make sure though that you're actually using some type of encryption for the transit of their…
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If a person can decrypt snapchat files so easily then this is a serious problem in password management. The first problem here is the way they managed his key in their source code. SnapChat states that they send the photos encrypted over the internet, and it is true after all, but they are using a "pre-shared" key to…
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Google suggests two slightly different vulnerabilities when queried about Rom 0, best explicated here: http://www.dlink.com/it/it/support/support-news/2015/july/14/misfortune-cookie-rompager-vulnerabilitily-allegro-rompager-vulnerability-rom0-athentication-bypassand here:…
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These days it's simple to create a fake email claiming to be from the zix message center with buried links to third party websites that have malware payloads waiting to be accessed and deployed. It's stunning to me that there are companies still using a supposedly secure message system that can be so easily…
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If you have failed to start metasploit.service or if unit metasploit.service not found - #/etc/init.d/postgresql service --status-all service postgresql start service postgresql status #/usr/bin/msfconsole msfdb init msfconsole msf > db_status
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ocn.ne.jp.spam is not a domain name. It's a second-level TLD, similar to co.uk. outpost@alpha.ocn.ne.jp is an email address under the domain alpha.ocn.ne.jp, which is a subdomain of ocn.ne.jp -- a large Japanese Internet provider.
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What you found was that a device connected to your web server and requested /HNAP1 test. HNAP is a protocol for managing devices, so with just this information about potential attacks, my guess is that this has been done by a device on your network that supports this protocol (eg. it may be trying to obtain from your…
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Based on your note of "no attacks" it seems to me that you are asking: "What is the probability that a random change (e.g., bit flip during download) to a file will result in creating a new/different file with the same checksum as the original file?" For the case of MD5, this probability is: 1/(2^128) = 2.94e-39 =…
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Yes, executables in the recycling bin can be executed. The $RECYCLE.BIN virus has a special purpose in Windows Explorer so items inside of it cannot be interacted with. This does not prevent the executables from being listed as a service, startup entry, or used from command line. Around 2007 I found a worm hiding in…
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The answer to your question - Will a factory reset remove spyware is that the chances of malware surviving a factory reset are very, very small, but not zero. If you have rooted your phone, there is a small chance that malware can copy itself to the system partition, so it would survive a factory reset. Some…
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