Hello fellow security professionals and those aspiring to be! Saurus here and excited to write to you on a new blog post. Being a consultant keeps me fairly busy. In addition to managing my workload I recently obtained my COMPTIA Security+ certification. While the experience of taking the exam is still fresh in mind, I wanted to draft up a blog post about some of the ... READ MORE
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GTP Scanning
A while ago I was working on an assessment where I was exposed to General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) servers. Having not been familiar with this particular technology, I started to read about the details of the protocol and it's implementation. One of the best resources I found was the presentation "Practical security research on 3G and 4G mobile telecommunications networks", ... READ MORE
King Phisher Release v1.13
With the version 1.13 release, we have added several goodies. First is a long requested feature! The ability to store MFA tokens submitted from a login page. Now you can grab username, password, and the MFA field . If you are using this feature as part of penetration test you will have to stay on top of the password submission field and use the data quickly as they often have a ... READ MORE
Email Controls: Implementing DKIM with Postfix
Previously on the War Room, we discussed some basic mail control implementations. Specifically, we looked at simple text records that can be posted to determine what is allowed to send on behalf on the domain. SPF records and DMARC records, when properly configured, can help reduce the chances of someone being able to spoof the domain in a phishing attack. So the next thing we ... READ MORE
Spam Filter Evasion With King Phisher
It's no secret that phishing is the top attack vector when it comes to external compromise. So when it comes to penetration testing this is a vector that we can not ignore. However, as consultants, we are interacting with different clients and environments almost every week. Much like endpoint protection, there are a multitude of different spam filters and protection controls ... READ MORE
The Basics: SPF and DMARC Records
It is no secret that one of the major attack vectors is phishing. While some of the success of this is due to a lack of user education and awareness, the other side of the coin are missing basic controls. There is no shortage of enterprise level phishing controls out there, Mimecast and Proofpoint for example. However, these are not silver bullets when it comes to protecting ... READ MORE
King Phisher Release 1.12
King Phisher version 1.12 is finally here. One improvement that we are most excited about is King Phisher now utilizes Pipenv to manage it's dependencies. This will greatly improve the stability of the platform moving forward as there won't be any dependency conflicts or bugs from upstream changes. After doing a git fetch and git pull to update King Phisher, you now runsudo ... READ MORE
King Phisher Release 1.10
Today we're proud to announce the next release of King Phisher, version 1.10. This release saw extensive changes under the hood to improve the long term experience. One of the notable changes that users will directly benefit from are multiple tweaks to the email messages sent by King Phisher resulting in lower scores when rated with the popular SpamAssassin engine. This means ... READ MORE
Fire and Forget: Meterpreter Automation
Throughout the past year I have been conducting routine phishing assessments for a client. For their final test of the year, our point of contact wanted something consequential for those who fell for this phish... Something 'kinetic' if you will. They requested a 'Blue Screen of Death' approach, to which I ultimately opted for a less potentially destructive method. I would send ... READ MORE
CSRF on Anonymous Forms
Using CSRF on Anonymous Forms This article will focus on linking CSRF vulnerabilities with phishing attacks to extend the lifetime of your captured credentials. Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities on anonymous forms are often ignored or overlooked, but when combined with a credential-harvesting phishing campaign it extends the life of your captured credentials. ... READ MORE