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WordPress User Enumeration

These three enumeration techniques are a very fast way to identify users of a WordPress installation. With valid usernames effective brute force attacks can be attempted to guess the password of the user accounts. WordPress User Enumeration via Author Archives Finding users by iterating through the author archives is a common technique that works in […]
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4 years ago

Security Testing WordPress

Our scan does not perform brute forcing of accounts, passwords or plugins. Brute Forcing is more appropriate in a targeted pen-test or black-box vulnerability assessment. Simply put brute forcing: Plugins is achieved by testing URL's: http://myexampleblog.cm/wp-content/plugins/$pluginname Usernames can be brute forced with a POST request to the login form (Incorrect username) Passwords can be brute […]
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12 years ago

Brute Forcing Passwords with ncrack, hydra and medusa

Ready to test a number of password brute-forcing tools? Passwords are often the weakest link in any system and ultimately brute-force. Testing for weak passwords is an important part of security vulnerability assessments. This article will focus on tools that allow remote service brute-forcing. These are typically Internet facing services that are accessible from anywhere […]
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12 years ago

Metasploit Express Review

Metasploit Express with Ubuntu Announcement: End of life for Metasploit Express Jun 4th 2019 - Read Notice here The purchase of Metasploit by Rapid7 last year and the recent release of Metasploit Express has been big news in the security community. I have finally gotten around to giving it a spin. So what is Metasploit […]
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13 years ago