Using DBI for solving Reverse Engineering 101 – Newbie Contest from eLearnSecurity
Introduction Last weekend I had some time so I wanted to have a look at a reversing challenge which you can find here: https://www.ethicalhacker.net/features/special-events/reverse-engineering-101-newbie-contest-webcast-elearnsecurity Reverse Engineering 101 Contest Steps Get the exe to be hacked Break it open and start exploring. The only rule for the challenge is that it has to be solved by […]
Reversing 101 – Solving a protection scheme
In this post, we’ll look at an application reversing challenge from HTS (hackthissite.org) resembling a real-life protection scheme.
Put simple, the program creates a key for your username, and compares it to the one you enter.
The goal of the HTS challenge is to create a key generator, but I just want to demonstrate how to retrieve the password.
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WPA TKIP cracked in a minute – time to move on to WPA2
Just a quick note to let you know that 2 Japanese scientists (from Hiroshima and Kobe Universities) have found a practical way to crack WPA TKIP in about one minute, using a technique called “Beck-Tews”. This technique is not new. It has been discovered by some Germans back in november, but was somewhat limited in […]
Cheatsheet : Cracking WPA2 PSK with Backtrack 4, aircrack-ng and John The Ripper
Basic steps : Put interface in monitor mode Find wireless network (protected with WPA2 and a Pre Shared Key) Capture all packets Wait until you see a client and deauthenticate the client, so the handshake can be captured Crack the key using a dictionary file (or via John The Ripper) I’ll use a Dlink […]
Cheatsheet : Cracking WEP with Backtrack 4 and aircrack-ng
I know, there a probably already a zillion number of websites that show how to crack WEP. So I guess this will be website zillion+1 learning how to audit your own WEP security. To be honest, the main reason I’m putting this info on this blog because I just wanted it as a quick reference- […]