Attack Hacking 101

Hardware Attacks

There are some attacks that you can use to test the physical security of the target’s hosts, rather than testing them from a purely virtual space. Note that these tests are technical in nature, and usually involve vulnerabilities in how the host’s hardware is configured. Also, these attacks are not OS-specific—because they are hardware-based, they […]

Hacking 101 Tools

Metasploit

Metasploit is a multi-purpose computer security and penetration testing framework. Intentionally modular, it allows the attacker to mix and match scanners, exploits, and payloads into a single attack. Originally created by H.D. Moore for security analysis, it was later acquired by Rapid7, which added more intuitive, GUI-based commercial versions. Metasploit is considered to be the […]