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As an 80’s kid I loved the TMNT more than anything. I am so glad Nickelodeon relaunched the series this fall so that my son and I can enjoy it together. There have only been two new episodes but so far they have been really awesome as you can see from this clip.

Minipwner

At Derbycon I picked up a Minipwner and have been spending the last few days playing with it and came up with a few awesome scripts that if you have one you need to install all your device if you have one.

The First one is a wireless picker script that I found and edited from here

killall -9 wpa_supplicant
iwlist wlan0 scanning > /tmp/wifiscan #save scan results to a temp file
scan_ok=$(grep “wlan” /tmp/wifiscan) #check if the scanning was ok with wlan0
if [ -z “$scan_ok” ]; then
    killall -9 wpa_supplicant
    iwlist wlan0-1 scanning > /tmp/wifiscan
fi
scan_ok=$(grep “wlan” /tmp/wifiscan) #check if the scanning was ok
if [ -z “$scan_ok” ]; then #if scan was not ok, finish the script
    echo -n “
WIFI scanning failed.


    exit
fi
if [ -f /tmp/ssids ]; then
    rm /tmp/ssids
fi
n_results=$(grep -c “ESSID:” /tmp/wifiscan) #save number of scanned cell
i=1
while [ “$i” -le “$n_results” ]; do
        if [ $i -lt 10 ]; then
                cell=$(echo “Cell 0$i – Address:”)
        else
                cell=$(echo “Cell $i – Address:”)
        fi
        j=`expr $i + 1`
        if [ $j -lt 10 ]; then
                nextcell=$(echo “Cell 0$j – Address:”)
        else
                nextcell=$(echo “Cell $j – Address:”)
        fi
        awk -v v1=“$cell” ’$0 ~ v1 {p=1}p’ /tmp/wifiscan | awk -v v2=“$nextcell” ’$0 ~ v2 {exit}1’ > /tmp/onecell #store only one cell info in a temp file
        onessid=$(grep “ESSID:” /tmp/onecell | awk ’{ sub(/^[ t]+/, “”); print }’ | awk ’{gsub(“ESSID:”, “”);print}’)
        oneencryption=$(grep “Encryption key:” /tmp/onecell | awk ’{ sub(/^[ t]+/, “”); print }’ | awk ’{gsub(“Encryption key:on”, “(secure)”);print}’ | awk ’{gsub(“Encryption key:off”, “(open)  ”);print}’)
        onepower=$(grep “Quality=” /tmp/onecell | awk ’{ sub(/^[ t]+/, “”); print }’ | awk ’{gsub(“Quality=”, “”);print}’ | awk -F ’/70’ ’{print $1}’)
        onepower=$(awk -v v3=$onepower ‘BEGIN{ print v3 / 14}’)
        onepower=${onepower:0:3}
        onepower=“(Signal strength: $onepower of 5)”
        echo “$onessid    $oneencryption $onepower” >> /tmp/ssids
        i=`expr $i + 1`
done
rm /tmp/onecell
awk ’{printf(“%5d : %sn”, NR,$0)}’ /tmp/ssids > /tmp/sec_ssids #add numbers at beginning of line
grep ESSID /tmp/wifiscan | awk ’{ sub(/^[ t]+/, “”); print }’ | awk ’{printf(“%5d : %sn”, NR,$0)}’ | awk ’{gsub(“ESSID:”, “”);print}’ > /tmp/ssids #generate file with only numbers and names
echo -n “Available WIFI networks:

cat /tmp/sec_ssids #show ssids list
echo -n “Enter the numeric option for your selected network: ”
read nsel
pattern=$(echo “ $nsel : ”)
wifissid=$(grep “$pattern” /tmp/ssids)
wifissid=$(echo “$wifissid” | awk -v pat=“$pattern” ’{gsub(pat, “”);print}’ | awk ’{ sub(/^[ t]+/, “”); print }’)
wifissid=${wifissid:1:`expr ${#wifissid} – 2`}  #several commands to get clean name of ssid
if [ $nsel -lt 10 ]; then
    cell=$(echo “Cell 0$nsel – Address:”)
else
    cell=$(echo “Cell $nsel – Address:”)
fi
nextsel=`expr $nsel + 1`
if [ $nextsel -lt 10 ]; then
    nextcell=$(echo “Cell 0$nextsel – Address:”)
else
    nextcell=$(echo “Cell $nextsel – Address:”)
fi
awk -v v1=“$cell” ’$0 ~ v1 {p=1}p’ /tmp/wifiscan | awk -v v2=“$nextcell” ’$0 ~ v2 {exit}1’ > /tmp/cellinfo0 #store only the selected cell info in a temp file
grep -v ESSID /tmp/cellinfo0 > /tmp/cellinfo # delete ESSID line to avoid later grep mistakes
rm /tmp/cellinfo0
wifichannel=$(grep “ Channel:” /tmp/cellinfo)
wifichannel=$(echo “$wifichannel” | awk ’{gsub(“ Channel:”, “”);print}’ | awk ’{ sub(/^[ t]+/, “”); print }’) #get clean wifi channel
wifimode=$(grep “ WEP” /tmp/cellinfo) #check if encryption mode is WEP
if [ -n “$wifimode” ]; then   #check if $wifimode is not an empty string
    wifimode=“wep”
else
    wifimode=$(grep “WPA2 ” /tmp/cellinfo) #check if encryption mode is WPA2
    if [ -n “$wifimode” ]; then
        wifimode=“psk2”
    else
        wifimode=$(grep “WPA ” /tmp/cellinfo) #check if encryption mode is WPA
        if [ -n “$wifimode” ]; then
            wifimode=“psk”
        else
            wifimode=“none”
        fi
    fi
fi
if [ “$wifimode” != “none” ]; then #ask for passwork when needed
    echo -n “Enter password of the selected WIFI network: ”
    read wifipass
fi
rm /tmp/cellinfo
rm /tmp/ssids
rm /tmp/sec_ssids
rm /tmp/wifiscan
#write results in the wireless config file and reset wifi interface
uci set wireless.@wifi-device[0].channel=$wifichannel
uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[0].ssid=“$wifissid”
uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[0].encryption=$wifimode
uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[0].key=$wifipass
uci commit wireless
echo -n “

Trying to connect to WIFI network.
(Wait a few seconds and check status with: iwconfig )


wifi down
wifi0

The Second script is a reverse SSH Script that will allow you to connect to your Minipwner from anywhere on the net.

set -x

TARGET_HOST=ec2-XX-XX-XX-XX.compute-1.amazonaws.com
if test -n “${2}”
then
    TARGET_PORT=${2}
else
    TARGET_PORT=1111
fi
TARGET_USER=’UserName’

while true
do
    echo “establishing reverse ssh tunnel to ${TARGET_HOST}:${TARGET_PORT}”
    ssh -R ${TARGET_PORT}:localhost:22 -N ${TARGET_HOST} -l ${TARGET_USER} -o ServerAliveInterval=30
    sleep 1
done

Yes this is super geeky but I just wanted to have them somewhere I could find them.

We have only two modes – complacency and panic.

Derbycon

This weekend I was lucky enough to spend a few days in Louisville, Kentucky at Derbycon 2012 speaking about Security Awareness.   I don’t go to a ton of cons (ok maybe I do) but I thought this one was well managed and very entertaining.

Dave Kennedy has to be one of the most genuinely nice and caring people in the business.  Hanging out with him was one of highlights of the con.

 

I also spent a lot of time talking to the MiniPwner guys and am really digging their project. If you get a chance you should check it out and build your own.

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