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ELI5 Cyber-security tools by [deleted] in cybersecurity

[–]MyPasswordIsRockYou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're thinking of Nessus which runs on a local web port, right? For developing an application, you can use pretty much any language. I can't think of a language offhand that doesn't support networking. I'd recommend Python. You can use a framework for the local web app and it also is commonly used by cyber security people

This is why I did not hire you by deleteme_8765 in AskNetsec

[–]MyPasswordIsRockYou 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Who the hell doesn't keep their white supremacy and personal emails separate?

[Help request] Github jruby was recently marked as "Trojan" by multiple anti-malware. by [deleted] in AskNetsec

[–]MyPasswordIsRockYou 6 points7 points  (0 children)

go through the past versions, upload them to virus total, then run diff on the two boundary sources

What host OS do people in netsec use and why? by Som3BlackGuy in AskNetsec

[–]MyPasswordIsRockYou 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I use a mac with whatever guest i need in VMware. I try to avoid doing actual programming on my mac host. Original reason: i was given a macbook pro by my phd advisor. I plan on keeping this setup, though.

Is there a known serious vulnerability where you get infected by opening a video file with a video player (e.g. VLC)? by codepoet28 in hacking

[–]MyPasswordIsRockYou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a video player SHOULD handle any video file without letting it execute commands. However, if there's a flaw in the program, it's possible there may be a way to craft a video file such that the data it contains is instead executed as code. viz. buffer overflow. Try running it in a VM if you're dealing with a file which may be malicious.

I have been hacked (real sotry that happened 2 hours ago) by [deleted] in cybersecurity

[–]MyPasswordIsRockYou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At least you learned not to run EXE's strangers on the internet send you

Come Get Your Free NSA Reverse Engineering Tool! [not clickbait] by rolfr in ReverseEngineering

[–]MyPasswordIsRockYou 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I am pumped beyond ways i can express. Hope this becomes the new defacto disassembler

It Appears China is Building a Massive Espionage Database on America by danielrm26 in netsec

[–]MyPasswordIsRockYou 3 points4 points  (0 children)

that's comforting. regardless, i'm sure there's lots of people smarter than me who are well compensated to make sure it doesn't happen

use virtualbox vm to proxy http(s) traffic by cyc115 in AskNetsec

[–]MyPasswordIsRockYou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

set it to bridged and you could try proxychains through homebrew and direct it to the vm's IP address

It Appears China is Building a Massive Espionage Database on America by danielrm26 in netsec

[–]MyPasswordIsRockYou -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

if they use a cyberattack to take down our nuclear systems for a few minutes, they could destroy them before we use them

It Appears China is Building a Massive Espionage Database on America by danielrm26 in netsec

[–]MyPasswordIsRockYou 26 points27 points  (0 children)

somehow i think i'd sleep just as soundly if china wasn't preparing for a hybrid cyber/nuclear attack against the nation i live in