What is the Dark Web?

The Dark Web is a part of the Internet where a user can anonymously access non-indexed content using various encryption methods. Although the Dark Web is popularly associated with illegal activities, the dark web is also used by the intelligence community, whistleblowers, the media and ordinary citizens whose communication may be controlled or restricted by…

How to protect yourself from ARP spoofing?

There are several tools available to protect against ARP spoofing: Static ARP records are the easiest way to protect against ARP spoofing. This entry is entered manually, preventing the device from automatically changing the ARP cache. Remember, this method can only be used for some records (for example, standard gateway addresses), and client nodes still…

Privilege escalation by deleting arbitrary files — and other interesting techniques

If an arbitrary file was deleted on behalf of the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM account, we are talking about a system hack and a denial of service incident. This article discusses interesting techniques related to deleting arbitrary files and folders and other seemingly ineffective primitives of file system operation. Difficulties with deleting arbitrary files When deleting arbitrary…