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Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) with arpspoof
In this post we show how to easily perform a L2 man-in-the-middle attack using arpspoof on a standard Ubuntu computer...
Read moreMobile Device Security Training
On Wednesday 15 April 2020, we are organizing a special training session dedicated to Mobile Devices Security.
Read moreDecompile and modify an Android application
Usually, Android applications are written in Java (or, now, in Javascript) and compiled in a Dalvik bytecode (DEX file). Then, the bytecode is interpreted and executed by the Dalvik Virtual Machine.
Read moreStealthy website scanning thanks to archive.org
Scanning a website is an important step of the reconnaissance phase. Different tools, like BlackWidow, can automate the process. We present here another tool that allows to scan a website without leaving traces on the target servers : waybackurls.
Read moreLaravel : Quickstart
Laravel is an extremely powerful PHP framework for building web applications, but the first steps can be quite intimidating. In this tutorial we guide you through the first steps to get you started as a breeze.
Read moreFind secret API token in Android application
In May 2019, Google announced there are 2.5 billion active Android devices. Thereby, most companies develop their own application. Not only the richest companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon,... but also a lot of smaller businesses.
Read moreStatic code analysis in PHP (and GitLab)
In the PHP toolbox for testing, you'll often find phpunit for unit testing, PHP_CodeSniffer for code style analysis, and here we present PHPStan for static code analysis.
Information gathering with BlackWidow
BlackWidow is a python script that automatically crawls a website to gather information like phone numbers, email addresses, form URL's etc. Very useful during the reconnaissance phase!
MARK release 0.0.28
Today we released version 0.0.28 of our Multi-Agent Ranking Framework (MARK).
Read moreManage VirtualBox with PHP
phpVirtualBox is a well known web interface for managing virtual machines. There is however another less known library that allows to manage virtual machines from your own PHP applications : php-vbox-api. The API allows you to do stuff like:
Understanding Laravel middleware : admin users
In Laravel, a Middleware is basically a piece of code that should be executed for every http request. Middlewares are typically used to:
Read moreDistributed k-nn graphs and similarity search
Today we are presenting distributed k nearest neighbors (k-nn) graphs and similarity search algorithms at the ULB.
Modify your static IP on Ubuntu server
This seems easy, but... When you modify your static IP address in /etc/network/interfaces, the old IP is not removed. The new IP is simply added to your interface.
Read moreDisable user registration in your Laravel application
Laravel is a powerful framework that comes with a lot of boilerplate code to handle most common cases. One of these is users management (register, login, reset password etc.)
Read moreEasy testing with Python doctest and GitLab
When developing some new Python code, you will usually open another terminal to test your function or class using a Python shell... and repeat until you obtain the expected result.
Read moreType hinting in Python, and testing with GitLab
Python is a dynamically typed language, meaning that the type of a variable can change during execution. This participates to the user friendliness of the language.
Read moreCollecting and processing NetFlow on Ubuntu
NetFlow is a feature that was introduced on Cisco routers around 1996 that provides the ability to collect and process network traffic summary.
Read moreCyberSecurity Tournament 2020
In February 2020, ULB will organize a CyberSecurity Tournament for students. This is a unique opportunity to challenge your skills and get in touch with major companies of the field.
Read moreCreate a local Python pip repository
Python is a very interesting programming language because it is possible to prototype a lot of things in a few minutes. The Python Package manager, called pip, is a very simple tool that allows the user to import/install easily any Python package and its dependencies.
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