10x engineers is a Silicon Valley term used to describe engineers that are ten times more productive than average. They can be from any of the usual IT categories; programmers, network engineers, sysadmins, etc.
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A zero day vulnerability is a software bug that has been fixed/patched for 0 days. A zero day exploit is the code attackers use to take advantage of a zero day vulnerability.
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In the last blog I attempted to hack a server (with permission, naturally) and discovered it had a debugger running that gave me a foothold. However I couldn’t get full control of the system without a skill upgrade in the realm of return-oriented programming (ROP) chaining.
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You’ve probably read that it’s wise to harden your systems. You want to reduce your footprint so that you aren’t wasting resources or leaving yourself vulnerable unnecessarily. The theory sounds great but the practical implementation is a bit abstract.
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SSH public key authentication is far more secure than password authentication. Think of your public key as the equivalent of a 500+ character password. SSH or Secure Shell is a cryptographic network protocol used to remotely operate servers and network devices.
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Our last update on the on-going antivirus battle was back in April so surely you are curious about the current results.
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