7MS #264: Hacking Wordpress
7 Minute Security29 Kesä 2017

7MS #264: Hacking Wordpress

I was pleasantly surprised to see a Wordpress site fall into a pentest scope this past week. One helpful tool to get familiar with when attacking Wordpress sites is wpscan, which is built right into Kali - or you can grab it from GitHub. Get familiar with the command line flags as they can help you conduct a more gentle scan that recovers from site errors/disconnections more easily. Specifically, read up on these options:

  • --throttle - for example, I've been using --throttle 1000 in order to be a bit less intense on my target site

  • --request-timeout and --connect-timeout help your scan recover smoothly from site errors/timeouts

Also, if you find yourself in a situation where you're testing a production Wordpress sight (not recommended), consider setting up a free up/downtime alert via a free service like Uptime Robot so you can get emails if the site ever poops out. That certainly beats hitting F5 in Firefox every 10 seconds :-)

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7MS #93: Securing Your Life

7MS #93: Securing Your Life

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7MS #92: You're Not Ready for Big Boy Security Pants

7MS #92: You're Not Ready for Big Boy Security Pants

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7MS #91: Umbrella

7MS #91: Umbrella

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7MS #90: OFFTOPIC-Citizenfour

We're going offtopic today and talking about the Citizen Four documentary, which centers around the Edward Snowden story.

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7MS #89: AppSpider

7MS #89: AppSpider

Today we're talking about a new (to me) Web site/app scanning tool called AppSpider by Rapid7. Again, this isn't a commercial or paid advertisement. I just like sharing things that I like and use.

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7MS #88: Glasswire

7MS #88: Glasswire

This episode's about a cool security app called GlassWire, which is (kind of) a firewall on steroids. I love it! Oh, and this is not an endorsement or a commercial :-)

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7MS #87: Presenting the Right Findings to the Right Audience

7MS #87: Presenting the Right Findings to the Right Audience

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7MS #86: OSWP-The Final Chapter!

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