During the last week, Check Point Research spotted a new version of Azorult in the wild being delivered through the RIG exploit kit, as well as other sources. Azorult is a long known information stealer and malware downloader, with this particular version being advertised in an underground forum since October …
Read More »SSL Decryption Series: The Security Impact of HTTPS Interception
Encrypted internet traffic is on an explosive upturn. According to the Google® Transparency Report: “Users load more than half of the pages they view over HTTPS and spend two-thirds of their time on HTTPS pages.”[1] At the same time, encrypted traffic carried nearly 3.5 million unique malware samples in 2017. …
Read More »Setting Up A Free TLS/SSL Certificate With “Let’s Encrypt”
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral. SSL is an industry standard and is used by millions of websites …
Read More »Generate WiFi IVS dump with makeivs-ng on Kali Linux
makeivs-ng is part of the aircrack-ng package and is used to generate an IVS dump file with a given WEP key. The aim of the tool is to provide a way to create dumps with a known encryption key for testing. makeivs-ng – generate a dummy IVS dump file with …
Read More »New Mozilla Firefox Version 37.0 fixed 13 security issues and introduced Opportunistic Encryption support
Mozilla Foundation just released it’s latest Firefox (Version 37.0). It’s been rolled out for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android operating systems. Those who don’t know, it was released on the week of March 31st. Well to be honest, as of writing this article, Version 37.0.1 was already out on April …
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