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Posted onSeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022Tools

Armitage on Kali: How to resolve “Could not connect to the Metasploit database” error

by Matt Eaton

Armitage is an extension written in Java for the free Metasploit command and control (C2) framework. It adds a GUI and the ability the collaborate…

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Posted onAugust 5, 2022December 8, 2022Tools

Using YARA to Detect Patterns in Malware

by Matt Eaton

What is YARA? YARA is a program that can detect patterns in binary or text. The name is an acronym – “Yet Another Ridiculous Acronym”,…

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Posted onAugust 3, 2022September 17, 2022Threats & Intelligence

Hunting a criminal network of credit card scams with OSINT

by Matt Eaton

Note: I originally uncovered the titular network in November 2021 when this actor was actively funding targeted social media advertisements. I’m seeking to formalize my…

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Posted onApril 19, 2022August 3, 2022Tools

Programming a Python tool to get HTTP status codes in bulk

by Matt Eaton

For the past few months, I’ve been investigating a network of websites used for scamming. I’ll have a separate write up once it’s complete, but…

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Posted onApril 18, 2022April 19, 2022Tools

Notes on nmap

by Matt Eaton

The most common use of command line tool nmap is to enumerate which ports are open and which services are running on the targets. There…

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Posted onApril 10, 2022November 16, 2022Product Management

REST APIs for Product Managers

by Matt Eaton

Early on as a product manager in tech, it was clear to me that a functional understanding of APIs is vital for anyone working as…

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Posted onMarch 11, 2022April 10, 2022Homelab

How To Enlarge Partitions in Linux

by Matt Eaton

I cloned Linux configured with Pi-hole to a larger storage device. This process describes how to resize the partition and file system.

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Posted onFebruary 26, 2022March 11, 2022Threats & Intelligence

What is HermeticWiper? The destructive malware targeting Ukraine

by Matt Eaton

I’ve been closely following coverage and intelligence related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine nearly round the clock. Things are moving quickly, so some of…

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Posted onFebruary 20, 2022September 13, 2022Homelab

My HPE server fans spun up every few minutes. Here’s how I fixed it.

by Matt Eaton

TL;DR: Update your iLO firmware. I recently purchased a used HPE DL380p Gen8 server for my homelab on eBay. When it arrived, I eagerly unboxed…

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