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Oct 13, 2017
10 min

Is Kaspersky Antivirus Safe to Use?

With the important caveats that the story appears to still be evolving and many details are not publicly known at this point, recent bomb...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
3 min

Netcat Reverse Shell Fixup

*This blog entry was originally published on July 27, 2015 on the original Polito Blog by Ian Duffy. It was re-posted on October 3, 2017 ...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
3 min

AppLocker and Software Restriction Policies

*This blog entry was originally published on July 5, 2017 on the original Polito Blog by Ian Duffy. It was re-posted on October 3, 2017 d...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
6 min

Vulnerability Assessment vs. Penetration Test: Key Differences and Objectives

*This blog entry was originally published on March 13, 2017 on the original Polito Blog by Ben Hughes. It was re-posted on October 3, 201...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
8 min

Prepare for Ransomware: Delivery and Defense (Part 3 in a Series on Ransomware)

*This blog entry was originally published on January 13, 2017 on the original Polito Blog by Roman Romanenco. It was re-posted on October...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
5 min

Deconstructing the Ransomware Kill Chain (Part 2 in a Series on Ransomware)

*This blog entry was originally published on August 19, 2016 on the original Polito Blog by Roman Romanenco. It was re-posted on October ...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
5 min

The Proliferation of Ransomware (Part 1 in a Series on Ransomware)

*This blog entry was originally published on July 18, 2016 on the original Polito Blog by Roman Romanenco. It was re-posted on October 3,...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
5 min

Unwrap Your Malware

*This blog entry was originally published on June 23, 2015 on the original Polito Blog. It was re-posted on October 3, 2017 due to migrat...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
4 min

Language Interpreters and Post-Exploitation

*This blog entry was originally published on March 15, 2016 on the original Polito Blog by Ian Duffy. It was re-posted on October 3, 2017...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
2 min

BurpSuite Yara Plugin

*This blog entry was originally published on January 29, 2016 on the original Polito Blog by Ian Duffy. It was re-posted on October 3, 20...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
7 min

The Simplicity of VBA Malware (Part 2 of 2)

*This blog entry was originally published on January 28, 2016 on the original Polito Blog. It was re-posted on October 3, 2017 due to mig...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
5 min

The Simplicity of VBA Malware (Part 1 of 2)

*This blog entry was originally published on January 4, 2016 on the original Polito Blog. It was re-posted on October 3, 2017 due to migr...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
5 min

Analysis and Modification of Android Apps

*This blog entry was originally published on May 24, 2015 on the original Polito Blog by Ian Duffy. It was re-posted on October 3, 2017 d...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
2 min

Antivirus ... for Linux

*This blog entry was originally published on April 6, 2015 on the original Polito Blog by Fred Mastrippolito. It was re-posted on October...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
8 min

Analysis of a Romanian Botnet

*This blog entry was originally published on April 1, 2015 on the original Polito Blog by Ian Duffy. It was re-posted on October 3, 2017 ...

Polito, Inc.

Oct 3, 2017
3 min

Running Metasploit Shellcode in a Process

*This blog entry was originally published on March 23, 2015 on the original Polito Blog by Ian Duffy. It was re-posted on October 2, 2017...

Ian Duffy

Jul 27, 2017
3 min

Netcat Reverse Shell Fixup

When penetration testing, sometimes we get netcat (or equivalent) shells back from Linux / Unix systems that have some pretty severe restric

Ian Duffy

Jul 5, 2017
2 min

AppLocker and Software Restriction Policies

Over the course of several recent engagements which have involved malware analysis as part of incident response activities, a common theme h

Admin

Mar 13, 2017
5 min

Vulnerability Assessment vs. Penetration Test: Key Differences and Objectives

On occasion we encounter questions about the differences between a vulnerability assessment and penetration test. While the end goal in both

Roman Romanenco

Jan 13, 2017
8 min

Prepare for Ransomware: Delivery and Defense (Part 3 in a Series on Ransomware)

Understanding the individualized ransomware delivery tactics allows us to determine what countermeasures and defense techniques can be put i

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Is Kaspersky Antivirus Safe to Use?

Netcat Reverse Shell Fixup

AppLocker and Software Restriction Policies

Vulnerability Assessment vs. Penetration Test: Key Differences and Objectives

Prepare for Ransomware: Delivery and Defense (Part 3 in a Series on Ransomware)

Deconstructing the Ransomware Kill Chain (Part 2 in a Series on Ransomware)

The Proliferation of Ransomware (Part 1 in a Series on Ransomware)

Unwrap Your Malware

Language Interpreters and Post-Exploitation

BurpSuite Yara Plugin

The Simplicity of VBA Malware (Part 2 of 2)

The Simplicity of VBA Malware (Part 1 of 2)

Analysis and Modification of Android Apps

Antivirus ... for Linux

Analysis of a Romanian Botnet

Running Metasploit Shellcode in a Process

Netcat Reverse Shell Fixup

AppLocker and Software Restriction Policies

Vulnerability Assessment vs. Penetration Test: Key Differences and Objectives

Prepare for Ransomware: Delivery and Defense (Part 3 in a Series on Ransomware)

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