Newbie-security

So far , I have just found out 2 Mozilla Firefox add ons / plugins for Web Hacking Purposes . Here they are : - Technika Security Framework I found this (unreleased) plugin when i was visiting GNUCITIZEN , and this firefox plugin is created by David Kierznowski , a senior Security Analyst in UK (he’s also the owner of michaeldaw.org). Some kewl features offered by this plugin are: tech.dspider – DOM link spider. tech.forms – GET/POST form parser. tech.mutate – By specifying a payload and regex,...

Fifrefox Security Addons are some firefox addons which have some special purpose like web application pentesting , web browser security enhancement and so on. I’m going to give you a list of Firefox security addons that you must have on your firefox browser So here they are : 1. Firebug This addon can be useful� to debug your javascript,css,html from your firefox browser. Download Firebug : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843 2. Hackbar A very useful firefox security...

fluxbox have a us keyboard layout, if you want a different layout as default, like me, just: Code:nano /root/.fluxbox/startupand add Code:setxkbmap it &(mine is "it" because i'm italian... you have to put your nationality) i hope it will be useful to someo...

I've done installed firefox(latest ver 3.6.9) on my BT4. After i update firefox, i also update libflashplayer.so(plugins). This is what i did: 1- Simply go to Firefox homepage(here) to download the package from origin provider. - The package is with extension “.tar.bz2″ 2- Make sure the package is located on your home folder 3- Open Terminal/Konsole and run “su”command then type your password if asking to use wide installation 4- Move firefox package to /usr/local/bin...

Installing Compiz Fusion in Backtrack. Now this is a wierd thing to do and useless too but I tought that some who use BT as a main OS would get borred and want to add a little graphic. First of all let's grab all that we need: Code:root@bt:~#apt-get install compiz compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported emerald simple-ccsm fusion-iconNow go to backtrack menu -> system -> compiz fusion You should see the icon in the toolbar, right click on...

Not sure if this deserves to be in the "How To" section, but I figured it might save someone a few headaches and a lot of googling. Download: http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/comp...2.6.33.tar.bz2 Code: tar -xf /root/compat-wireless-2.6.33.tar.bz2 cd compat-wireless-2.6.33 make make install shutdown now -r Once rebooted: Code: start-network Then, Wicd Manager=>Preferences=>Wireless Interface: wlan0 Refresh and you should see some wireless networks. Thanks to dustyboner for directing...

I’ve automated the customising process of the livecd to a convenient script which can be run on the BT4 Pre final (and future) release. This script sets up a build environment for you and drops you off in a modifiable chroot. You update, upgrade, add, remove packages, and then exit the shell. The script goes on to build a modified iso for you, including the updates and additions you introduced. The script is very basic, with many elements hard coded (for example, the iso name expected is...

This method of getting a live install to a USB drive is the simplest available using Unetbootin. Note that we will format the USB drive and erase its contents. Plug in your USB Drive (Minimum USB Drive capacity 2 GB) Format the USB drive to FAT32 Download Unetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ Start Unetbootin and select diskimage (use the backtrack-final ISO) Select your USB drive and click “OK” for creating a bootable BackTrack USB drive Log into BackTrack with the default username...

This method of installation is the simplest available. The assumption is that the whole hard drive is going to be used for BackTrack. Boot BackTrack on the machine to be installed. Once booted, type in “startx” to get to the KDE graphical interface. Double click the “install.sh” script on the desktop, or run the command “ubiquity” in console. Select your geographical location and click “forward”.  Same for the Keyboard layout. The next screen allows you to configure the partitioning layout....

When you first boot up the new Backtrack 4, you may have noticed something slightly different. So what is this “Start BackTrack Forensics” option about? Live CDs and ForensicsFor a long time now, Linux Live CDs have been very useful for forensic acquisition purposes in instances where for one reason or another you can’t utilize a hardware write blocker. When configured not to automount drives, and a little bit of know how, a Linux Live CD can be a wonderful software write blocker. For a...

Security Distros BackTrackBackTrack is a distribution based off of what used to be WHAX and Auditor . It is a full size distro built off of SLAX. BackTrack Page | Download | Status: Active Damn Vulnerable Linux ( DVL )"Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL) is a Linux-based tool for IT-Security. It was initiated for training tasks during university lessons by the IITAC (International Institute...