Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Keyboard shortcut to perform a Powerwash with ChromeOS

Below is a keyboard shortcut within ChromeOS to perform a Powerswash process.  Verify all accounts are logged out and use the combination below at the login screen.

CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+R



Disable auto-play videos within the Android Store App

To disable auto-play videos within the Android Store App, launch the app and access the hamburger menu near the top left corner of the screen.  Access the Settings menu selection.  Find the Auto-Play Videos selection, and then select the "Don't auto-play videos" option.


Examples of the ps command within Linux

Below are some examples of the ps command within Linux.

ps -eH --forest | less

This will list all processes (-e select all processes) and (-H hierarchy), as well as --forest includes ASCII lines.


The -f switch is for full-format and will include more columns.

ps -ef | less


The -u switch returns data for a particular user.

ps -u username | less

The -sort switch allows the information to be sorted by columns.

ps -e -o pcpu,args --sort -pcpu| less


Pipe through the head command to see the ten most CPU intensive processes.

ps -e -o pcpu,args --sort -pcpu | head -10


Microsoft Utility to assist with uninstalling an application or cleaning up afterwords

The Program Install and Uninstall troubleshooter helps you automatically repair issues when you're blocked from installing or removing programs. It also fixes corrupted registry keys.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17588/windows-fix-problems-that-block-programs-being-installed-or-removed

Sunday, December 1, 2019

FilterLists

FilterLists is a web site that contains information on various filter lists for services/applications such as Pi Hole and uBlock Origin.

https://filterlists.com

bmon

The bmon utility is an application to view network bandwidth usage with a Linux system.  With a Debian-based system, the following command should install the application.

sudo apt-get install bmon

To launch the utility, simply use the command bmon.  The default is to display bytes per second.  To display bits per second, launch the application with a -b switch.

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3447936/viewing-network-bandwidth-usage-with-bmon.html




Flan Scan

Flan Scan is a lightweight network vulnerability scanner.  Flan Scan is a wrapper over Nmap and the vulners script which turns Nmap into a full-fledged network vulnerability scanner.

https://www.kitploit.com/2019/11/flan-pretty-sweet-vulnerability-scanner.html

https://github.com/cloudflare/flan

Sparrow-WiFi

Sparrow-wifi has been built from the ground up to be the next generation 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wifi spectral awareness tool. At its most basic it provides a more comprehensive GUI-based replacement for tools like inSSIDer and linssid that runs specifically on linux.

https://www.kitploit.com/2019/11/sparrow-wifi-next-gen-gui-based-wifi.html

https://github.com/ghostop14/sparrow-wifi

Rebel Framework

Rebel Framework is a penetration testing framework.

https://www.kitploit.com/2019/09/rebel-framework-advanced-and-easy-to.html

https://github.com/reb311ion/rebel-framework

Projector Central

Projector Central is a resource for projectors for different purposes such as home theater and portable.

https://www.projectorcentral.com/