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How many brute force attempts could an average computer nowadays try in an hour?

How many attempts could a modern computer attempt? I'm not sure how I could calculate or figure this out and I cant find any data online. Does anyone here know with a source if you could?

Edit: pretend that the only limiting factor was the capabilities of an average computer

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‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All Code

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Hacking Forums (Are they legal?)

Okay, I'm just honestly curious. How are all of the hacking/doxing/cracking forums staying up? Like nulled, raid, etc. They post some illegal things on the clear web. What protects them? This intrigued me once I really started thinking abt it. Does anyone know?

Because some of them, people are selling fraud services, but also so was the silk road. What is protecting these clear-web sites, like how are they still up?

Sorry i got high and went on a rabbit hole

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AArch 64 Bytes: Part 2 (64-bit Immediate Values)

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Netherlands Government going to take Strict actions against Ransomware Attacks

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The Netherlands can use intelligence or military to retort to ransomware attacks

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Chaos ransomware targets gamers via fake Minecraft alt lists

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The Chaos Ransomware gang encrypts gamers’ Windows devices through fake Minecraft alt lists promoted on gaming forums.
Minecraft is a massively popular sandbox video game currently played by over 140 million people, and according to Nintendo sales numbers, it’s a top-seller title in Japan. Masked as an ‘alt list’ text fileAccording to researchers at FortiGuard, a recently discovered variant of the Chaos ransomware is being tentatively distributed in Japan, encrypting the files of Minecraft players and dropping ransom notes.

The lure used by the threat actors are ‘alt list’ text files that supposedly contain stolen Minecraft account credentials, but in reality, is Chaos ransomware executable.

Minecraft players who want to troll or grief other players without the risk of their accounts being banned will sometimes use ‘alt’ lists to find stolen accounts that they can use for bannable offenses.
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Due to their popularity, alt lists are always in demand and are commonly shared for free or through automated account generators that supply the community with “spare” accounts.
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<figcaptionAlt list txt offered for free download The Chaos RansomwareWhen encrypting victims, the Chaos ransomware will append four random characters or digits as the extension to encrypted files.

The ransomware will also drop a ransom note named ‘ReadMe.txt,’ where the threat actors demand 2,000 yen (~$17.56) in pre-paid cards.
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<figcaptionRansom note dropped by Chaos actors
Source: FortiGuard
See Also: All Windows versions impacted by new LPE zero-day vulnerability A destructive infectionThis particular variant of the Chaos Ransomware is configured to search the infected systems for different file types smaller than 2ΜΒ and encrypts them.

However, if the file is larger than 2MB is will inject random bytes into the files, making them unrecoverable even if a ransom is paid.

Due to the destructive nature of the attack, those who pay the ransom can only recover smaller files.

The reason for this functionality is unclear, and it could be caused by poor coding, incorrect configuration, or to damage gamers’ files purposely.

In this particular campaign, the threat actors are promoting text files to create a false sense of security while swapping them out in the end with executables.
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Melting-Cobalt - A Cobalt Strike Scanner That Retrieves Detected Team Server Beacons Into A JSON Object
http://www.kitploit.com/2021/11/melting-cobalt-cobalt-strike-scanner.html

A tool to hunt/mine for Cobalt Strike (https://www.kitploit.com/search/label/Cobalt%20Strike) beacons and "reduce" their beacon configuration for later indexing. Hunts can either be expansive and internet wide using services like SecurityTrails, Shodan, or ZoomEye or a list of IP's.
Getting started
Install (https://github.com/splunk/melting-cobalt#installation) melting-cobalt Configure (https://github.com/splunk/melting-cobalt#configuration) your tokens to begin the hunt Mine (https://github.com/splunk/melting-cobalt#search-examples) Beacons to begin reducing them Review results cat results.json | jq
Installation
Requirements: virtualenv, and python3.8+ git clone https://github.com/splunk/melting-cobalt && cd melting-cobalt Clone project and cd into the project dir. pip install virtualenv && virtualenv -p python3 venv && source venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt Create Virtualenv and install requirements. Continue to configuring (https://github.com/splunk/melting-cobalt#configuration) for SecurityTrails, Shodan, or ZoomEye API key.
Configuration melting-cobalt.conf
Copy melting-cobalt.conf.example to melting-cobalt.conf! Make sure to set a token for one of the available providers (https://github.com/splunk/melting-cobalt/blob/main/melting-cobalt.conf.example#L18-L25). If you need to create one for your account follow [these](htt://need wiki page) instructions. Configuration example: scanning service provider (eg shodan, zoomeye, security trails) when hunting for team servers. shodan_token = TOKENHERE # shodan token for searching zoomeye_token = TOKENHERE # zoomeye token for searching securitytrails_token = TOKENHERE # security trails token for searching ">[global]
output = results.json
# stores matches in JSON here

log_path = melting-cobalt.log
# Sets the log_path for the logging file

log_level = INFO
# Sets the log level for the logging
# Possible values: INFO, ERROR, VERBOSE

nse_script = grab_beacon_config.nse
# path to the nse script that rips down cobalt configs. This is specifically using https://github.com/whickey-r7/grab_beacon_config

searches = search.yml
# contains the different searches to run on each internet scanning service provider (eg shodan, zoomeye, security trails) when hunting for team servers.

shodan_token = TOKENHERE
# shodan token for searching

zoomeye_token = TOKENHERE
# zoomeye token for searching

securitytrails_token = TOKENHERE
# security trails token for searching

Search The Internet
To modify the default mining performed across different providers, customize search.yml. The default melting-cobalt Search Examples (https://github.com/splunk/melting-cobalt#search-examples) below. Run: python melting-cobalt.py
Search IP list
populate ips.txt with potential Cobalt Strike C2 IPs a new line delimeted, example: 1.1.1.1
2.2.2.2
3.3.3.3
Run: python melting-cobalt.py -i ips.txt If you need inspiration from hunters we highly recommend: The DFIR Report (https://twitter.com/TheDFIRReport) Awesome-Cobalt-Strike (https://github.com/MichaelKoczwara/Awesome-CobaltStrike-Defence) CobaltStrikeBot (https://twitter.com/cobaltstrikebot)
Usage
usage: melting-cobalt.py [-h] [-c CONFIG] [-o OUTPUT] [-v] [-i INPUT]

scans for open cobalt strike team servers and grabs their beacon configs and write this as a json log to be analyzed by any analytic tools
like splunk, elastic, etc..

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
config file path
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
file to write to the results, defaults to results.json.log
-v, --version shows current melting-cobalt version
-i INPUT, --input INPUT
newline delimeted file of cobalt strike server ips to grab beacon configs from. example ips.txt

Search Examples

The following searches are provided out of the box and more may be added to search.yml for more data.
Shodan

Find specific JARM (https://blog.cobaltstrike.com/2020/12/08/a-red-teamer-plays-with-jarm/) signatures, out of the box we track Cobalt Strike 4.x
'ssl.jarm:07d14d16d21d21d07c42d41d00041d24a458a375eef0c576d23a7bab9a9fb1'
Filter by HTTP headers and ports to reduce noisy results
'ssl.jarm:07d14d16d21d21d07c42d41d00041d24a458a375eef0c576d23a7bab9a9fb1 port:"22, 80, 443, 444, 1234, 2000, 2222, 3000, 3780, 4000, 4443, 6379, 7443, 8443, 8080, 8081, 8082, 8087, 8088, 8099, 8089, 8090, 8181, 8888, 8889, 9443, 50050" HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Content-Length: 0'
Team server detected by Shodan
'product:"cobalt strike team server"' note: will generate lots of noisy results, do not actually schedule this unless you want to burn your license credits.
Team server certificate serial
'ssl.cert.serial:146473198'
SecurityTrails

Find specific JARM (https://blog.cobaltstrike.com/2020/12/08/a-red-teamer-plays-with-jarm/) signatures
'SELECT address, ports.port FROM ips WHERE jarm = "07d14d16d21d21d07c42d41d00041d24a458a375eef0c576d23a7bab9a9fb1"'
Filter by HTTP Headers (https://www.kitploit.com/search/label/Headers) and ports to reduce noisy nmap_results
'SELECT address, ports.port, isp.name_normalized, ports.port, address, asn.number, jarm, http.headers.raw FROM ips WHERE jarm = "07d14d16d21d21d07c42d41d00041d24a458a375eef0c576d23a7bab9a9fb1" OR jarm = "07d14d16d21d21d07c07d14d07d21d9b2f5869a6985368a9dec764186a9175" OR jarm = "2ad2ad16d2ad2ad22c42d42d00042d58c7162162b6a603d3d90a2b76865b53" AND http.headers.content_type = "text/plain" AND http.headers.raw = "content-length:0" AND ports.port IN (22, 80, 443, 444, 1234, 2000, 2222, 3000, 3780, 4000, 4443, 6379, 7443, 8443, 8080, 8081, 8082, 8087, 8088, 8099, 8089, 8090, 8181, 8888, 8889, 9443, 50050)'
Author
Michael Haag @M_haggis (https://twitter.com/M_haggis) Jose Hernandez @d1vious (https://twitter.com/d1vious)
Support 
Please use the GitHub issue tracker (https://github.com/splunk/melting-cobalt/issues) to submit bugs or request features. If you have questions or need support, you can: Join the #security-research (https://splunk-usergroups.slack.com/archives/C1S5BEF38) room in the Splunk Slack channel (http://splunk-usergroups.slack.com/)
Credits & References
Inspiration came from a handful of blogs: Much of this is only possible because whiskey-7 shared with us grab_beacon_config.nse
TODO
add zoomeye Dedup results before nmap add checking the most recent result by looking at the latest_updated field
License
Copyright 2020 Splunk Inc. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance (https://www.kitploit.com/search/label/Compliance) with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed (https://www.kitploit.com/search/label/Distributed) on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

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Hacking courses

Should I pursue computer science, information system or cybersecurity to advance into hacking? Please recommend available courses online for practice thanks!

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You connect to my home's wi-fi network.

How do you hack me?

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