This lesson will introduce you to the use of debuggers in the reverse engineering process. This lesson also goes over breakpoints and how to use them. Members: For the full Reverse Engineering – How Debuggers Work module, including hands-on-lab exercises, click here. Not a member yet? Check out our library!
21Sep2012
Upgraded Module – SQL Injection
The SQL Injection module has been upgraded with a more in-depth video and quiz questions after the lab. Almost every web application employs a database backend to store all kinds of information that it needs to operate, such as customer accounts, payment information, and the privileges of each user within the application. SQL Injection has been used in many high-profile attacks over the years, and can be an extremely complex and nuanced attack, but the basic premise is simple – …
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26May2012
Thank you Troops!
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” – Joseph Campbell To honor and pay tribute to our Military, we are extending a token of our appreciation by supporting the professional development and continuing education of our troops. Thank you for committing to something bigger than oneself! And we want to commit to helping you with our advanced information security training by offering a 50 percent discount when you join the The Hacker Academy. …
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This module was titled “Search Engine Hacking”, and it was all about Google Hacking (Although these techniques will also work in Yahoo/Bing and may yield additional results). This module was geared towards how you can use Google to do additional reconnaissance on your target. Looking for a specific PHP file that’s subject to an attack? Looking for misplaced word documents that are indexed by Google? How about SQL backups? Or, how about looking up who the IT Manager is and …
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20Mar2012
FOCA – Reconnaissance Complete
This week’s module was completely dedicated to FOCA. This module also concludes the “Reconnaissance” course line. FOCA is a tool designed to search a domain and download any documents it finds. Then it takes those documents and analyses the metadata in the file in order to look for additional information, such as usernames and passwords. This is one of those niche specialty tools that really performs well, allowing you to gain a great amount of intelligence on a target. You’ll …
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