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Reversing obfuscated passwords

During internal penetration tests or Windows client hardening engagements, we often find configuration files with obfuscated passwords. The post demonstrates a general approach and required tools to effectively make use of such credentials.

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On Raising Awareness to Social Engineering Attack

When attackers try to access confidential data, to steal money or simply to disrupt a business, they will often look for the weakest link to get inside a target network. In some case, this might be an outdated system exposed to the internet or an easy physical access to the network but quite often, the […]

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Write-up: Capscii

The goal in the Capscii challenge was to solve 50 captchas consecutively in less than 100 seconds and prove that we are not human. The captcha was not your usual recognition of text though, it consisted of an operation (addition, subtraction or multiplication) on two numbers. Only problem, the numbers were printed as ASCII art on […]

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