LSLuke Sandersinblackcoat.co.uk·Mar 11, 2024 · 5 min readEXT (extended file system)EXT EXT is a family of file systems used in mainly linux that are named ext2, ext3 and ext4 with ext4 being the latest and the one most used today. Ext takes its design from UFS (universal file system) which was designed to be fast and used with smal...00
LSLuke Sandersinblackcoat.co.uk·Mar 4, 2024 · 4 min readFAT (file allocation Table)FAT (file allocation table) The file allocation table (FAT) file system was originally developed in 1977 for use on floppy disks and the windows 9x operating systems. However, it is still in use today in removable storage devices like usbs this is be...00
LSLuke Sandersinblackcoat.co.uk·Feb 28, 2024 · 5 min readMFT (Master File Table)MFT General A feature of NTFS that sets it apart from other file systems is that the entire file system is considered data area which means that any sector can be allocated to a file.The only layout an NTFS file system has is that the first sectors o...00
LSLuke Sandersinblackcoat.co.uk·Dec 9, 2023 · 3 min readHash Extension AttackHash extension This attack allows an attacker to append arbitrary data to the text being hashed (with sha1, sha2 and md5) as long as the users data is at the end and know a valid hash. This can allow to an attacker to create a valid hash with malicio...00
LSLuke Sandersinblackcoat.co.uk·Nov 25, 2023 · 3 min readPilgrimagePilgrimage This was an easy box that featured an unprotected git repository that we could use to see that it is using vulnerable software that we can use to read a sensitive file containing a password and then ssh into the box. Then we see that root ...00