Bringing your own device (BYOD) is a common practice within many organizations and due to COVID-19, the adoption of BYOD has expanded. The belief that software or applications can protect data from bad actors or negligence does not always take
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Exploiting Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
By Anthony Ralston | February 12, 2021 | Blog
Bringing your own device (BYOD) is a common practice within many organizations and due to COVID-19, the adoption of BYOD has expanded. The belief that software or applications can protect data from bad actors or negligence does not always take
Command and Control Through AWS S3 Buckets
By Anthony Ralston | January 13, 2021 | Blog
Many organizations leverage AWS as their cloud computing platform. Allowing access to and from their AWS resources is critical for workloads to operate uninterrupted. This means that an AWS VPC is often seen as a logical extension of the corporate
Introduction to Hardware Hacking: Part 2
By Anthony Ralston | December 02, 2020 | Blog
In the last blog, we discussed the components that are used in hardware hacking, the discovery phase and how to pull information off a device leveraging a UART port and the Das U-Boot boot loader. However, in some cases we aren’t able to
Introduction to Hardware Hacking: Part 1
By Anthony Ralston | November 13, 2020 | Blog
There are many devices out there that store information in different ways and unfortunately, not all of them take security into account. With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), device manufacturers are publishing devices faster than ever,
Shifting Security Left: A Practical Guide
By Cornel du Preez | November 05, 2020 | Blog
Application security practitioners often preach about the importance of shifting security left in the software development life-cycle (SDLC). The reason this catch-phrase so-easily resonates with leadership is simple: if it’s possible to identify
Is your penetration testing vendor just trying to sell you products and services?
By Brent Brackin | September 17, 2020 | Blog
Not too long ago, while working at another company, I was subjected to a presentation by a paid speaker at our annual sales kickoff meeting. Since I was heavily focused on security consulting solutions for my client base, our leadership assumed
By Anthony Ralston | September 02, 2020 | Blog
SuiteCRM is a popular open-source Client Relations Manager (CRM). I took some time to review the code and basic implementation of the application within a vanilla Ubuntu Debian build. I found good security practices within the application itself,
By Anthony Ralston | August 12, 2020 | Blog
Type juggling is an expected functionality of PHP when leveraging loose comparisons. However, it can be used to subvert intended operations. In this blog, we will discuss why type juggling occurs, what are the potential impacts, and why we should
Defining the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)
By Cornel du Preez | June 30, 2020 | Blog
Here at Abricto Security, we believe that application penetration tests only reveal the tip of the iceberg. Specifically, if we conduct an application penetration test and we find that it’s riddled with vulnerabilities, the remediation effort
By Cornel du Preez | April 13, 2020 | Blog
Abricto Security understands that all industries feel the impact of COVID-19 and we’re here to help. Our team is shifting our operating procedures to accommodate fully remote consultations and assessments. Here is how we plan to do so: We will
SQLmap Cheatsheet and Examples
By Cornel du Preez | April 02, 2020 | Blog
Target the http://target.server.com URL using the “-u” flag: sqlmap -u ‘http://target.server.com’ Specify POST requests by specifying the “–data” flag: sqlmap -u
Extracting Private Keys From Public Keys Generated With Weak Random Number Generators
By Cornel du Preez | March 19, 2020 | Blog
Public key encryption is heavily utilized in modern implementations of SSH. By leveraging public key cryptography, administrators can generate both a public key and a private key to encrypt and decrypt data in transit. Using this method is favored
Password List Generation Using CUPP
By Cornel du Preez | February 07, 2020 | Blog
In many of our network and web application penetration tests, we come across login portals that aren’t protected by anti-automation controls. Essentially, this allows us to launch unrestricted dictionary attacks on previously identified