How would you hide yourself whilst conducting a scan on a target network to identify open service ports?

I am working on this question which asks how you would conduct a scan of a target network to identify open service ports without revealing your IP address. It wants details such as IP address obfuscation, requirements to be met to receive … Continue reading How would you hide yourself whilst conducting a scan on a target network to identify open service ports?

Difference Between Exploit Kits Vs. Probing a Network for Vulnerabilities

I don’t understand exactly the difference between websites using exploit kits on visiting users vs. a website server probing a network for vulnerabilities and then exploiting them.
The scenario is where a Windows user visits a malicious we… Continue reading Difference Between Exploit Kits Vs. Probing a Network for Vulnerabilities

How to zone transfer – (Pentester lab – problem in recon badge – port 53 filtered ) [closed]

I was trying to solve some recon badge problem from pentesterlab.com
But when I tried to transfer zone (using dig axfr), the website (hackycorp.com, z.hackycorp.com) says connection failed or time out.
And if I scan it with nmap, port 53 i… Continue reading How to zone transfer – (Pentester lab – problem in recon badge – port 53 filtered ) [closed]