Getting Started With Mod_Security

  Mod_Security is the most widely known and used server based Web Application Firewall but I had not had a chance to play with it so I decided to take sometime this weekend to build a website (modsec.handsonhacking.org) to test it.   Here is a small walk through on how I did it. Base Server … Read more

MAC Address Randomization for MacOS

One of the things that even the new MacOS beta is missing is MAC Address Randomization on boot.  After spending a few hours working on it I put together this completely hack-y solution that uses Spoof and an automator Script saved as an application. Here is how I configured it: Install Spoof Open Automator Select “Application” Add “Run … Read more

My Security Summer Camp Talk List

Security summer camp is about a week away so I spent some time this afternoon trying to figure out what talks and events I want to make sure I attend. BSides Las Vegas: A Day in the Life of a Product Security Incident Response Manager From SOC to CSIRT Hadoop Safari : Hunting For Vulnerabilities … Read more

Run SSH and HTTPS On The Same Port

I recently saw this SSH/HTTP(S) multiplexer on Github and tweeted that it looked amazing: An amazingly cool tool to run a webserver and a ssh on the same port: https://t.co/Z2eel3aIq5 — Jerry Gamblin (@JGamblin) July 2, 2017 A couple of people responded that you should be able to do the samething with HAProxy or something similar but … Read more

Reminder: Operational Security Is Hard

I love OWASP  (I wanted to get that out of the way) but they let their TLS certificate expire yesterday: Should it have happened to an organization whose whole goal is to secure web applications? No. There are a million reasons why their TLS certificate could have expired and plenty of reasons it shouldn’t have … Read more