Short answer: yes The answer to this question is yes and to say otherwise is probably irresponsible. Long answer: a real-world example Allow me to provide a very real example, from my very real server, where moving wp-config.php outside the web root specifically prevented its contents from being captured. The bug: Take a look at … Read more
Few days ago I’ve noticed that someone is using brut force attack to try to log in into our WordPress page. This is what I did: 1. changed the name of the wp-login.php file and changed all url in the file to new url 2. added a functions to change logout url and redirect to … Read more
You can find the target on vulnhub. For instance, DC2. You can download this and then install it on VMware, so you can access this target by LAN.
This is bcrypt: Generate a random salt. A “cost” factor has been pre-configured. Collect a password. Derive an encryption key from the password using the salt and cost factor. Use it to encrypt a well-known string. Store the cost, salt, and cipher text. Because these three elements have a known length, it’s easy to concatenate them and store them … Read more
I found the answer. IE stores passwords in two different locations based on the password type: Http-Auth: %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Credentials, in encrypted files Form-based: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\Storage2, encrypted with the url From a very good page on NirSoft.com: Starting from version 7.0 of Internet Explorer, Microsoft completely changed the way that passwords are saved. In previous versions (4.0 … Read more
The changes are temporary on the individual user’s browser. However, the changes will allow that user to interact with your backend however they choose to do so. This is one way in which sites are attacked. The standard rule is to never trust input coming from the user / browser. Do not trust the value … Read more
I found this blog post which cleared up a few things. To quote the most relevant bit: Mixed Active Content is now blocked by default in Firefox 23! What is Mixed Content?When a user visits a page served over HTTP, their connection is open for eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. When a user visits a … Read more
I have problem in IE9 with securiry certificate. Then I go to specific address I got How can I avoid appearence of this window? I try enter on Continue to this website (not recommended). – cectificate error – View Certificates. I see that This certificate is OK. in certificate Status on certification Path tab. But … Read more
the simple way I believe is to import it then export it, using the certificate manager in Windows Management Console.
No, as it is interpreted on the server-side and the results are sent to the user. If you want to view the source code of a site you control in-browser, consider the FirePHP extension for Firebug, or just access your site files with your preferred method.