Research, demonstrations, and popcorn
I have written a simple multithreaded application used to Shodan exports for open MongoDB instances and report on ransom demands. This tool is on GitHub and is released for free use. The only caveat is that you may…
After doing some research into MongoDB for the company I currently work for, I started looking around at some servers online. What I found was amazing. Database servers almost never need to be exposed on the perimeter of a network, but…
Note: This was originally posted to LinkedIn, but I have moved it over here to go along with the update I posted about the explosion of malicious ransom demands. MongoDB by default does not have very good security…
Recently I posted an article on LinkedIn about MongoDB security… well, it turns out that this has exploded into a big issue. Over the last two weeks malicious hackers have been going crazy with extortion schemes. Hackers are…
I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe New Year’s Eve. I hope you all get to go out and spend time with family and friends to ring in the new year with cheer. After the year…
There are three reasons an exploit may exist in code: poorly written code, logic failure on the part of the developer, or in the case of this exploit, using something in a way that was never intended or tested. Arguably,…
A vulnerability was discovered in some NetGear routers that allows remote command execution by visiting a malicious site or a legitimate site that has malicious ads served to it via AdSense or any number of other ad services. The…
This week we lost another brave soul who stood up for his country. Justin was a man that served his country with honor and always had the backs of his friends and family. Unfortunately, the demons won. Justin left…
The issues around voting are enormous. I couldn’t even pretend to know them all or understand the full impact. Especially without being able to examine the voting machines being utilized for this election. That being said, there are…
So, I put off writing this for personal reasons, but figure why not finally post it now. I regularly try my hand at competitions related to hacking and Information Security in general. I find they are a good…
