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Students asking basic pointers for a hackathon (beginner level)
Hello,My school had an open invitation to attend a hackathon. I registered and was put into a group. There are several groups of students from my school participating in the same hackathon. There are 4 of us in this group. Apart from me and one other, we have some decent knowledge of linux, and use of the software. The other two students didn't really understand what and how KALI even was.Assuming you participate, and even if you don't find any vulnerabilities, we get credits for being apart of it.That said, we would like to at least have a fighting chance. We have been given some basic instructions. I'm not sure where to start once we are connected to the network and have scanned it.Note, I have set up my Kali linux. It's dist-upgraded and ready to go.These are my basic assumptions. Scan network with nmap, to find all available devices. We have been told they are 'hidden' somehow. I think this means scan the network with nmap at like T4? But what are the best options that I should be looking at?Once we find all the devices. Nmap should help with OS detection etc. As well as open ports and versions.This is where I get confused. They told us that the computers are like Windows 7 and full of holes.How do I know what program/port to use so that I can apply metasploit exploits to it?Clearly from reading this you can probably see my gaps in knowledge.If you would kindly point out some tips and tricks, we would appreciate having a fighting chance. :)

Submitted January 25, 2018 at 08:44PM by beangay
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Why more sites don't use PGP/GPG for 2FA?
Reddit just enabled 2FA for all accounts using Google Authenticator. Many sites are using this method or text messaging. What if I don't want to use my phone or don't have it. If I forget my phone and head out for the day, I'm stuck.This made me curious about another form of 2FA which is not used all that often: PGP (or GPG). Given the nature of Reddit, I would think there would be a good number of us who would use it if it was offered.I assume it is because the number of people using PGP is relatively small when you consider the entire population of internet users. Other than that, is there another reason why more sites don't offer PGP as an option for 2FA?

Submitted January 25, 2018 at 09:15PM by flipjargendy
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Developers + GDPR/PCI question
Does anyone know if PCI or GDPR policy restrict the app developers having access to customers data? (e.g. some basic, some sensitive such as last 4 digits of card number).Ive been told yes but I don't believe thats reasonable. Fixing certain bugs seems impossible without setting the state of the data.

Submitted January 25, 2018 at 10:27PM by craigtaub
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High Risk Vulnerabilities within the DoD from Coldfusion, Dotnet Nuke, Oracle, and more
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Submitted January 26, 2018 at 12:18AM by alyssathegryphon
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Microsoft releases updated VS compiler for Spectre V2. Let the builds begin. GCC backports to v7
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Submitted January 26, 2018 at 02:02AM by kn1ght
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I've searched the news and haven't found any mention of this, so I came to Reddit
My role: Like most of you I don't have any official spokesperson role for my company so I'm going to keep their name out of this. I have a small role in security validation. I write software tools that decompile and deconstruct thousands of other tools and libraries in order to manually ensure compliance (proper compiler flags, which libraries are included, that certain libraries never get included, etc...)Recently (since the start of the new year) I am aware of multiple governments getting detailed tours of our validation process. This has resulted in us getting a great deal more enforcement power to push developers and product managers to actually act on our alerts and warnings.Any given tool usually has between 10 and 15 minor to moderate CVEs associated with any given release, but getting anyone responsible to take these vulnerabilities seriously (act on anything) has always been a bit challenging. This seems to be getting pressure from the top (outside pressure) to change.My question is: are any of you aware of what is driving this?Sure, I can speculate as well as anyone else, but hard facts are a bit harder to come by. This seems to be pretty big, but I haven't seen any coverage on it.Rumors include pseudo-official word of large incentives, world funding shifts, additional contracts (or contracts being threatened by) proper enforcement, etc...

Submitted January 26, 2018 at 02:45AM by skyleach
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