Before attacking any website, a hacker or penetration tester will first compile a list of target surfaces. After they've used some good recon and found the right places to point their scope at, they'll use a web server scanning tool such as Nikto for hunting down vulnerabilities that could be potential attack vectors.
Nikto is a simple, open-source web server scanner that examines a website and reports back vulnerabilities that it found which could be used to exploit or hack the site. Also, it's one of the most widely used website vulnerabilities tools in the industry, and in many circles, considered the industry standard.
Although this tool is extremely effective, it's not stealthy at all. Any site with an intrusion-detection system or other security measures in place will detect that it's being scanned. Initially designed for security testing, stealth was never a concern.
The Right Way to Use Nikto
If you just run Nikto by itself on a targeted website, you may not know what to do with the information from the scan. Nikto is actually more like a laser pointer to call in a much larger strike, and you'll see how that plays out in a little bit.
First, let's talk about the target surface. This is pretty much anywhere a hacker will attempt to attack and could include things such as network-exposed printers and a web server. When we get to using Nikto later, we'll need to provide it with one of three different types of information: an IP address for a local service, a web domain to attack, or an SSL/HTTPS website.
Before diving right into a scan with Nikto, it's better to do some additional reconnaissance using an open-source intelligence tool such as Maltego. Tools like this can help build a profile and a more focused list of available targets that should be concentrated on. Once that's done, Nikto can be used to hone in on potential vulnerabilities for targets on the list.
If lucky, a vulnerability with a weaponized exploit will be found, meaning there's a tool out there already to take advantage of the weakness. With the appropriate tool, which will automatically exploit the vulnerability, a hacker can gain access to the target to perform any number of behind-the-scenes attacks, like adding code to perform a malicious activity.
Step 1: Install Nikto
If you're running Kali Linux, Nikto comes preinstalled, so you don't have to download or install anything. It'll be located in the "Vulnerability Analysis" category. If you don't have it for some reason, you can get Nikto from its GitHub or just use the apt install command.
apt install niktoIf you're doing this on a Mac, you can use Homebrew to install Nikto.
brew install niktoStep 2: Get to Know Nikto
Before you dive into scanning web servers with Nikto, lets you use the -Help option to see everything that can be done inside Nikto.
nikto -HelpOptions:
-ask+ Whether to ask about submitting updates
yes Ask about each (default)
no Don't ask, don't send
auto Don't ask, just send
-Cgidirs+ Scan these CGI dirs: "none", "all", or values like "/cgi/ /cgi-a/"
-config+ Use this config file
-Display+ Turn on/off display outputs:
1 Show redirects
2 Show cookies received
3 Show all 200/OK responses
4 Show URLs which require authentication
D Debug output
E Display all HTTP errors
P Print progress to STDOUT
S Scrub output of IPs and hostnames
V Verbose output
-dbcheck Check database and other key files for syntax errors
-evasion+ Encoding technique:
1 Random URI encoding (non-UTF8)
2 Directory self-reference (/./)
3 Premature URL ending
4 Prepend long random string
5 Fake parameter
6 TAB as request spacer
7 Change the case of the URL
8 Use Windows directory separator (\)
A Use a carriage return (0x0d) as a request spacer
B Use binary value 0x0b as a request spacer
-Format+ Save file (-o) format:
csv Comma-separated-value
htm HTML Format
nbe Nessus NBE format
sql Generic SQL (see docs for schema)
txt Plain text
xml XML Format
(if not specified the format will be taken from the file extension passed to -output)
-Help Extended help information
-host+ Target host
-404code Ignore these HTTP codes as negative responses (always). Format is "302,301".
-404string Ignore this string in response body content as negative response (always). Can be a regular expression.
-id+ Host authentication to use, format is id:pass or id:pass:realm
-key+ Client certificate key file
-list-plugins List all available plugins, perform no testing
-maxtime+ Maximum testing time per host (e.g., 1h, 60m, 3600s)
-mutate+ Guess additional file names:
1 Test all files with all root directories
2 Guess for password file names
3 Enumerate user names via Apache (/~user type requests)
4 Enumerate user names via cgiwrap (/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~user type requests)
5 Attempt to brute force sub-domain names, assume that the host name is the parent domain
6 Attempt to guess directory names from the supplied dictionary file
-mutate-options Provide information for mutates
-nointeractive Disables interactive features
-nolookup Disables DNS lookups
-nossl Disables the use of SSL
-no404 Disables nikto attempting to guess a 404 page
-Option Over-ride an option in nikto.conf, can be issued multiple times
-output+ Write output to this file ('.' for auto-name)
-Pause+ Pause between tests (seconds, integer or float)
-Plugins+ List of plugins to run (default: ALL)
-port+ Port to use (default 80)
-RSAcert+ Client certificate file
-root+ Prepend root value to all requests, format is /directory
-Save Save positive responses to this directory ('.' for auto-name)
-ssl Force ssl mode on port
-Tuning+ Scan tuning:
1 Interesting File / Seen in logs
2 Misconfiguration / Default File
3 Information Disclosure
4 Injection (XSS/Script/HTML)
5 Remote File Retrieval - Inside Web Root
6 Denial of Service
7 Remote File Retrieval - Server Wide
8 Command Execution / Remote Shell
9 SQL Injection
0 File Upload
a Authentication Bypass
b Software Identification
c Remote Source Inclusion
d WebService
e Administrative Console
x Reverse Tuning Options (i.e., include all except specified)
-timeout+ Timeout for requests (default 10 seconds)
-Userdbs Load only user databases, not the standard databases
all Disable standard dbs and load only user dbs
tests Disable only db_tests and load udb_tests
-useragent Over-rides the default useragent
-until Run until the specified time or duration
-update Update databases and plugins from CIRT.net
-useproxy Use the proxy defined in nikto.conf, or argument http://server:port
-Version Print plugin and database versions
-vhost+ Virtual host (for Host header)
+ requires a valueStep 3: Use the Basic Syntax
As you can see from the previous step, Nikto has many options, but for our purposes, we'll stick to the basic syntax as follows. We'll substitute the <IP or hostname> with the actual IP address or hostname sans angle brackets.
nikto -h <IP or hostname>However, Nikto is capable of doing a scan that can go after SSL and port 443, the port that HTTPS websites use (HTTP uses port 80 by default). So we're not just limited to scanning old sites, we can do vulnerability assessments on sites that use SSL, which is pretty much a requirement these days to be indexed in search results.
If we know it's an SSL site that we're targeting, we can specify it in Nikto to save some time on the scan by adding -ssl to the end of the command.
nikto -h <IP or hostname> -sslStep 4: Scan an SSL-Enabled Website
For example, let's start with scanning pbs.org to see some of the types of information that a Nikto scan will show. After it connects to port 443, we see that there's some useful information about the cipher and a list of other details like that the server is Nginx, but there's not a whole lot of interesting data here for us.
nikto -h pbs.org -ssl- Nikto v2.1.6
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- STATUS: Starting up!
+ Target IP: 54.225.198.196
+ Target Hostname: pbs.org
+ Traget Port: 443
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ SSl Info: Subject: /CN=www.pbs.org
Altnames: account.pbs.org, admin.pgs.org, dipsy-tc.pbs.org, docs.pbs.org, ga.video.cdn.pbs.org, git.pbs.org, heart.ops.pbs.org, hub-dev.pbs.org, image.pbs.org,
jaws..pbs.org, kids.pbs.org, koth-qa.svp.pbs.org, login.pbs.org, ops.pbs.org, pbs.org, player.pbs.org, projects.pbs.org, sentry.pbs.org, teacherline.pbs.org,
urs.pbs.org, video.pbs.org, weta-qa.svp.pbs.org, whut-qa.svp.pbs.org, wnet.video-qa.pbs.org, wnet.video-staging.pbs.org, www-cache.pbs.org, www.pbs.org
Ciphers: ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
Issuer: /C-US/0=Let's Encrypt/CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3
+ Start Time: 2018-12-05 23:34:06 (GMT-8)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Server: nginx
+ The anti-clickjacking X-Frame-Options header is not present.
+ The X-XSS-Protection header is not defined. This header can hint to the user agent to protect against some forms of XSS
+ Uncommon header 'x-pbs-fwsrvname' found, with contents: fwcacheproxy1
+ The site uses SSL and the Strict-Transport-Security HTTP header is not defined.
+ The X-Content-Type-Options header is not set. This could allow the user agent to render the content of the site in a different fashion to the MIME type
+ Root page / redirects to: https://www.pbs.org/
+ No CGI Directories found (use '-C all' to force check all possible dirs)
+ RC-1918 IP address found in the 'x-pbs-appsvrip' header: The IP is "10.137.181.52".
+ Uncommon header 'x-cache-fs-status' found, with contents: EXPIRED
+ Uncommon header 'x-pbs-appsvrname' found, with contents: fwcacheproxy1
+ Uncommon header 'x-pbs-appsvrip' found, with contents: 10.137.181.52
+ Server leaks inodes via ETags, header found with file /pbs.org.zip, fields: 0x5b96537e 0x1678
+ 7446 requests: 0 error(s) and 10 item(s) reported on remote host
+ End Time: 2018-12-06 00:30:29 (GMT-8) (3383 seconds)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 1 host(s) testedStep 5: Scan an IP Address
Now that we performed a quick scan of a website, let's try using Nikto on a local network to find embedded servers such as a login page for a router or an HTTP service on another machine that's just a server with no website. To get started, let's find our IP address using ifconfig.
ifconfigen0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.48 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 XXXX::XXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX%en0 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0x8
ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
inet6 XXXX::XXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX%en0 prefixlen 64 autoconf secured
inet6 XXXX::XXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX%en0 prefixlen 64 autoconf temporary
nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
media: autoselect
status: active
en2: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=60<TS04,TS06>
ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
media: autoselect <full-duplex>
status: inactiveThe IP address we want is the "inet" one. Then we can run ipcalc on it to get our network range. If you don't have ipcalc, you can install it with apt install ipcalc, then try again. The range will be next to "Network," in my case, 192.168.0.0/24.
ipcalc 192.168.0.48Address: 192.168.0.48 11000000.10101000.00000000. 00110000
Netmask: 255.255.255.0 = 24 11111111.11111111.11111111. 00000000
Wildcard: 0.0.0.255 00000000.00000000.00000000. 11111111
=>
Network: 192.168.0.0/24 11000000.10101000.00000000. 00000000
HostMin: 192.168.0.1 11000000.10101000.00000000. 00000001
HostMax: 192.168.0.254 11000000.10101000.00000000. 11111110
Broadcast: 192.168.0.255 11000000.10101000.00000000. 11111111
Hosts/Net: 254 Class C, Private InternetNow, we're going to want to run Nmap to find services running in the network range. Let's scan port 80 with our range and tack on -oG (grepable output) to extract only the hosts that are up and running, i.e., the ones responding indicating that port 80 is open. Then we'll save everything to a file, which I'm naming nullbyte.txt, but could be named anything.
nmap -p 80 192.168.0.0/24 -oG nullbyte.txtStarting Nmap 7.60 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2018-12-06 00:43 PST
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.1
Host is up (0.021s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.2
Host is up (0.088s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.4
Host is up (0.032s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.5
Host is up (0.020s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.11
Host is up (0.068s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp closed http
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.24
Host is up (0.023s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp closed http
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.31
Host is up (0.059s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp closed http
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.48
Host is up (0.030s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp closed http
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.60
Host is up (0.092s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp closed http
Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (9 hosts up) scanned in 8.92 secondsThere's a nice little trick that can send all the up hosts directly to Nikto for scanning. We use cat to read the output stored in our nullbyte.txt document (or whatever you named it). Then, there's awk, a Linux tool that will help search for the following pattern, where Up means the host is up and print $2 means to print out the second word in that line for each, i.e., just the IP address. Then, we send that data to a new file called targetIP.txt (or whatever you'd like to name it).
cat nullbyte.txt | awk '/Up$/{print $2}' | cat >> targetIP.txtWe can now view the contents of our new file with cat to see all the IP addresses that have port 80 open.
cat targetIP.txt192.168.0.1
192.168.0.2
192.168.0.4
192.168.0.5
192.168.0.11
192.168.0.24
192.168.0.31
192.168.0.48
192.168.0.60This is perfect for Nikto because it can easily interpret files like this. So we can send this output over to Nikto with the following command.
nikto -h targetIP.txtThe results will look similar to the ones we got when performing the SSL scan.
Step 6: Scan an HTTP Website
We've scanned a secure website and an IP address on a local network, and now it's time to go after an unsecured web domain using port 80. For this example, I'm using "afl.com.au,' which was not using SSL at the time I performed this scan.
nikto -h www.afl.com.au- Nikto v2.1.6
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Target IP: 159.180.84.10
+ Target Hostname: www.afl.com.au
+ Target Port: 80
+ Start Time: 2018-12-05 21:48:32 (GMT-8)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Server: instart/nginx
+ Retried via header: 1.1 varnish (Varnish/6.1), 1.1 e9ba0a9a729ff2960a04323bf1833df8.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
+ The anti-clickjacking X-Frame-Options header is not present.
+ The X-XSS-Protection header is not defined. This header can hint to the user agent to protect against some forms of XSS
+ Uncommon header 'x-cache' found, with contents: Miss from cloudfront
+ Uncommon header 'x-instart-cache-id' found, with contents: 17:12768802731504004780::1544075250
+ Uncommon header 'v-cache-hit' found, with contents: Hit
+ Uncommon header 'x-amz-cf-id' found, with contents: Dr-r6OwO5kk9ABt4ejzpc7R7AIF6SuH6kfJHQgP0v6xZoHwMLE55rQ==
+ Uncommon header 'x-instart-request-id' found, with contents: 12814413144077601501:BEQ01-CPVNPPRY18:1552504721:0
+ Uncommon header 'x-oneagent-js-injection' found, with contents: true
+ Uncommon header 'grace' found, with contents: cache
+ The X-Content-Type-Options header is not set. This could allow the user agent to render the content of the site in a different fashion to the MIME type
+ Uncommon header 'x-ruxit-js-agent' found, with contents: true
+ Cookie dtCookie created without the httponly flag
+ Server banner has changed from 'instart/nginx' to 'nginx' which may suggest a WAF, load balancer or proxy is in place
+ No CGI Directories found (use '-C all' to force check all possible dirs)
+ Entry '/sites/' in robots.txt returned a non-forbidden or redirect HTTP code (200)
+ Entry '/search/' in robots.txt returned a non-forbidden or redirect HTTP code (200)
+ Entry '*.mobileapp' in robots.txt returned a non-forbidden or redirect HTTP code (400)
+ Entry '*.liveradio' in robots.txt returned a non-forbidden or redirect HTTP code (400)
+ Entry '*.smartmobile' in robots.txt returned a non-forbidden or redirect HTTP code (400)
+ Entry '*.responsive' in robots.txt returned a non-forbidden or redirect HTTP code (400)
+ Entry '/stats?*/' in robots.txt returned a non-forbidden or redirect HTTP code (200)
+ "robots.txt" contains 8 entries which should be manually viewed.
+ OSVDB-3092: /sitemap.xml: This gives a nice listing of the site content.
+ OSVDB-3092: /psql_history: This might be interesting...
+ OSVDB-3092: /global/: This might be interesting...
+ OSVDB-3092: /home/: This might be interesting...
+ OSVDB-3092: /news: This might be interesting...
+ OSVDB-3092: /search.vts: This might be interesting...
+ OSVDB-3092: /stats.htm: This might be interesting...
+ OSVDB-3092: /stats.txt: This might be interesting...
+ OSVDB-3092: /stats/: This might be interesting...
+ OSVDB-3092: /Stats/: This might be interesting...
+ OSVDB-3093: /.wwwacl: Contains authorization information
+ OSVDB-3093: /.www_acl: Contains authorization information
+ OSVDB-3093: /.htpasswd: Contains authorization information
+ OSVDB-3093: /.access: Contains authorization information
+ OSVDB-3093: /.addressbook: PINE addressbook, may store sensitive e-mail address contact information and notes
+ OSVDB-3093: /.bashrc: User home dir was found with a shell rc file. This may reveal file and path information.
+ OSVDB-3093: /.bash_history: A user's home directory may be set to the web root, the shell history was retrieved. This should not be accessible via the web.
+ OSVDB-3093: /.forward: User home dir was found with a mail forward file. May reveal where the user's mail is being forwarded to.
+ OSVDB-3093: /.history: A user's home directory may be set to the web root, the shell history was retrieved. This should not be accessible via the web.
+ OSVDB-3093: /.htaccess: Contains configuration and/or authorization information
+ OSVDB-3093: /.lynx_cookies: User home dir found with LYNX cookie file. May reveal cookies received from arbitrary web sites.
+ OSVDB-3093: /.mysql_history: Database SQL?
+ OSVDB-3093: /.passwd: Contains authorization information
+ OSVDB-3093: /.pinerc: User home dir found with a PINE rc file. May reveal system information, directories and more.
+ OSVDB-3093: /.plan: User home dir with a .plan, a now mostly outdated file for delivering information via the finger protocol
+ OSVDB-3093: /.proclog: User home dir with a Procmail rc file. May reveal mail traffic, directories and more.
+ OSVDB-3093: /.procmailrc: User home dir with a Procmail rc file. May reveal subdirectories, mail contacts and more.
+ OSVDB-3093: /.profile: User home dir with a shell profile was found. May reveal directory information and system configuration.
+ OSVDB-3093: /.rhosts: A user's home directory may be set to the web root, a .rhosts file was retrieved. This should not be accessible via the web.
+ OSVDB-3093: /.sh_history: A user's home directory may be set to the web root, the shell history was retrieved. This should not be accessible via the web.
+ OSVDB-3093: /.ssh: A user's home directory may be set to the web root, an ssh file was retrieved. This should not be accessible via the web.
+ OSVDB-5709: /.nsconfig: Contains authorization information
+ /portal/changelog: Vignette richtext HTML editor changelog found.
+ 7587 requests: 4 error(s) and 55 item(s) reported on remote host
+ End Time: 2018-12-05 22:42:41 (GMT-8) (3249 seconds)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 1 host(s) testedAbove, we can see that there's a Varnish server and some headers that help indicate how the website is configured. However, the juicier stuff is the directories found which can help snag configuration files that may contain credentials or other things that have been misconfigured and left unintentionally accessible.
The items with the OSVDB prefix are vulnerabilities reported in the Open Source Vulnerability Database (a site that shut down in 2016). It's similar to other vulnerability databases such as SecurityFocus, Microsoft's Technet, and Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures. I prefer to check out the National Vulnerability Database.
While there aren't any major things that can be exploited from this scan, if there was, you can use the CVE reference tool to translate the OSVDB identifier to a CVE entry, so you can use one of the other sites above to read more about the vulnerability.
Let's say we found some worth exploring, such as CVE-2018-10933, a Libssh vulnerability we covered in detail previously. The CVE holds information about what can be exploited, what the severity score is (such as critical), and some other information that can help determine an attack vector. If it something worth using, you can search Metasploit, as someone has already likely developed a weaponized module for it to exploit it more easily.
Step 7: Pair Scans with Metasploit
One of the best things about Nikto is that you can actually export information into a format that Metasploit can read when you're performing a scan. To do, just use the commands above to perform the scan, but appending -Format msf+ to the end of it. The format can help us quickly pair data retrieved with a weaponized exploit.
nikto -h <IP or hostname> -Format msf+So, in this guide, we went from determining the target's surface area to finding a vulnerability and then pairing it with a weaponized exploit so we don't have to do all of the work. Since Nikto is not a stealthy tool, it's wise to perform these types of scans from a VPN, through Tor, or another type of service so that your real IP address is not flagged for suspicious behavior.
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good I like it when I know his cards and he doesn't know my cards. While he may know of the holes he doesn't know for sure if i know them. Advantage hacker !!!!!
Only if you are arrogant enough to assume that the sysadmin hasn't set up a honeypot and is profiling your exploits. Advantage, sysadmin!
Really starting to love this, this is looking more and more like a chess game. Of course I just had to look up honeypots I maybe setting one up on my puter to "play myself". But according to the below it appears as if might not be a big threat but needs to be addressed.
Honeypots can be classified based on their deployment and based on their level of involvement. Based on deployment, honeypots may be classified as:
production honeypots
research honeypots
Production honeypots are easy to use, capture only limited information, and are used primarily by companies or corporations; Production honeypots are placed inside the production network with other production servers by an organization to improve their overall state of security. Normally, production honeypots are low-interaction honeypots, which are easier to deploy. They give less information about the attacks or attackers than research honeypots do.
Research honeypots are run to gather information about the motives and tactics of the Blackhat community targeting different networks. These honeypots do not add direct value to a specific organization; instead, they are used to research the threats that organizations face and to learn how to better protect against those threats.1 Research honeypots are complex to deploy and maintain, capture extensive information, and are used primarily by research, military, or government organizations.
some interesting links
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/4004
Fairly long pdf file but a must read
www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:327476/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Advantage again hacker!!_
Can you help me. I'm fairly new to all this but ive found a serious vulnerability. I need help locating the files on my pc and viewing them in plain text
Dang you WonderHowTo, I now have the hacking bug.
Since my first site hack went so well I have been nikto'ing sites all over the place. One site had rows and i mean rows of CGI error's a few even told me how to get the credit card numbers. Nikto often gives the option of -c to force all directories. Should it be used as it appears CGI errors are huge wholes in a system. (yes I researched meaning googled CGI and they are known vulnerabilities).
Can you please do a tutorial on how to exploit the vulnerabilities found using nikto?
A bit late, but I have a question: most websites that I come across are hosted by bigger hosting companies, like One.com and 3ix.org, and not on a private server. Does this mean Nikto is scanning those big servers instead of the small part where the target website is on? Which means the chance of finding a vulnerability will be smaller?
i guess im late here i tried the above tut, and got ;
Server is vulnerable to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-070.asp
can anyone help how to exploit
Take a look in exploit-db or www.securityfocus.com for exploits.
As I am trying to get to know Nikto and how to use it I found some ports I would like Nikto to go to work on for me.
But when I put in
> nikto -h http://website -p 2014
nikto reports back that it's scanning port 80.
I have tried
> nikto -port 2014 -h http://website
with the same results.
How can I get Nikto to scan a specific port for me?
P.S. the only program that reported 2014 open for me was knocker
nikto -h http://whatever.net:1234 if you need to change the port, though like someone already said, it's a web scanner so you're not likely to have any luck on anything other than port 80.
I'm having some trouble with Nikto,
I open and run Nikto on Kali 1.1, type
nikto -h theWebsiteName (for privacy, I won't name the site)
It shows that it is running, says "no banner retrieved",
then after 30seconds or so, it quits saying something about connection timing out.
Does Nikto work on all websites? or just the popular ones?
Some websites have security built in to prevent a scanner like Nikto, but I have seen very few of those.
So would there be some way around that anti-Nikto security?
also, slightly off topic, but I feel like something changed about this NB forum...I think I remember the Linux penguin used to have a orange beak and blue text in the background...
There is ALWAYS a way around it, but you haven't given us enough info. How about a website and a screenshot?
" I feel like something changed about this NB forum...I think I remember the Linux penguin used to have a orange beak and blue text in the background." Voidx
This piqued my curiosity... so I used the Way Back Machine to see what,if anything, changed.
The Penguin was on the left hand side of the Null Byte banner from 2013 to until some time between September 18th 2015 and January 23rd 2016. The matrix-themed background image was changed, but the colors of the penguin remained the same.
It looks much better now.
Then:
Now:
I tried to hack a website.Its admin page was http://www.example.com/wp-admin
but it shifted me to an authentication bar which says "A username and password are being requested by http://www.example.com. The site says: "Site Needs You to Authenticate".If I give a password and username they are false and it then it give error "401"Authorization required.If any one know how to get rid of it and break the password and find the username please help.
hey guys while scanning a site i got this out put and i don't really understand it
plz help out
How do we exploit those OSVDB vulnerabilities? Please explain it in detail.
does nikto bypass ddos?
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