Revisiting Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR)
The new year has begun, and as a penetration tester at Black Hills Information Security, one thing really struck me as I reflected on 2023: a concerningly large number of […]
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Hit the Ground Running with Prototype Pollution
Isaac Burton // For as long as we have known about prototype pollution vulnerabilities, there has been confusion on what they are and how they can be exploited. We’re going […]
Webcast: How to Hunt for Jobs like a Hacker
Job hunting? Looking for a career change? Still in college and want to know how to get started now in your career? If you answered yes to any of these […]
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Collecting and Crafting User Information from LinkedIn
Justin Angel // Penetration testing and red team engagements often require operators to collect user information from various sources that can then be translated into inputs to support social engineering […]
BHIS PODCAST: Tracking attackers. Why attribution matters and how to do it.
In this BHIS podcast, originally recorded as a live webcast, we cover some new techniques and tactics on how to track attackers via various honey tokens. We cover how to […]
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Cisco Smart Installs and Why They’re Not “Informational”
Jordan Drysdale // tl;dr Cisco Smart Install is awesome (on by default)…for hackers… not sysadmins. So, you Nessus too? Criticals and highs are all that matter! Right??? Until this beauty […]
What to Expect After a Pen Test
Scott Worden* // So you and your company had a pen test…now what? What to do, how to plan, and good SQUIRREL! ways to stay on track. The 3 […]
Finding: Server Supports Weak Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS)
David Fletcher// The following blog post is meant to expand upon the findings commonly identified in BHIS reports. The “Server Supports Weak Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS)” is almost universal across […]
Finding: Weak Password Policy
David Fletcher// The weak password policy finding is typically an indicator of one of two conditions during a test: A password could be easily guessed using standard authentication mechanisms. A […]