Thursday, June 1, 2017

Issue with .MP3 files on a SD card within Android

Media such as .MP3 files are copied to an external SD card.  But the default media player would not recongize the files.  One potential issue is the present of a .nomedia file on the SD card.

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Once this file was removed, applications such as VLC detected the .MP3 files that were present on the SD card.  Additional information can be found at the link below.

http://www.easycodeway.com/2016/08/hide-files-in-android-using-nomedia-file.html

vCenter Cluster Performance Tool

vCenter Cluster Performance Tool is a Powershell script that uses vSphere PowerCLI to obtain performance data for a cluster by aggregating information from individual hosts.

https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vcenter-cluster-performance-tool

Chrome Cleanup Tool

Google offers a cleanup utility for Chrome for the Windows platform.

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https://www.google.com/chrome/cleanup-tool/

Sn1per

Sn1per is a penetration testing automation scanner that can be used during a penetration test to enumerate and scan for vulnerabilities.  It performs several different tasks, such as testing for anonymous FTP and LDAP access.

https://github.com/1N3/Sn1per

Ettercap

Ettercap is a comprehensive suite for man in the middle attacks. It features sniffing of live connections, content filtering on the fly and many other interesting tricks. It supports active and passive dissection of many protocols and includes many features for network and host analysis.

https://ettercap.github.io/ettercap/

Exchange Analyzer

Exchange Analyzer is a PowerShell tool that scans an Exchange Server 2013 or 2016 and reports on compliance with best practices.

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/Exchange-Analyzer-6e20132e

https://exchangeanalyzer.com/

Monday, May 1, 2017

How to monitor Google Chrome extensions

To monitor network traffic for a specific extension within Google Chrome, access the Settings and then the Extensions section.  Click on the Developer Mode checkbox near the top of the page.

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Find the extension in question within the list and then click on the link to the left of Inspect views.

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A new dialog box should appear.  Click on the Network menu option near the top to display network traffic for the extension.

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How to view digital certificate details within Google Chrome

Starting with Chrome version 56, the following method is required to view the details of a digital certificate.

Three Dots Menu -> More Tools -> Developer Tools, then click on the Security Tab. Access the View Certificate Button.

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With Windows, a shortcut key combination is Control + Shift + I.

PowerMemory

PowerMemory is a PowerShell based tool to exploit Windows credentials present in files and memory.

https://github.com/giMini/PowerMemory

HTTP-PING

Http-ping is a free Windows-based command line utility to perform network connectivity checks via HTTP.  The application can be downloaded from:

https://www.coretechnologies.com/products/http-ping/

No installation is required.  The example below includes the date and time stamp, uses an interval of 5 seconds, and also writes the output to a text file.

http-ping –d –i 5 –f test.txt google.com

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