How Phishing Attacks Exploit Subdomains to Deceive UsersHow Subdomains Are Used in Phishing Attacks Phishing is one of the most common cyber threats — and attackers are constantly finding new ways to make their scams look legitimate. One sneaky tactic they use is abusing subdomains to trick users into tru...Jun 9, 2025 · 2 min readwilliamma.hashnode.dev
Phishing - Still One of the Most Effective and Underrated CyberattacksPhishing is a type of cyberattack where an attacker tries to trick you into revealing sensitive information—like passwords, credit card numbers, or login credentials—by pretending to be a trustworthy entity, such as a bank, a service provider, or eve...Jun 8, 2025 · 2 min readwilliamma.hashnode.dev
The CIA TriadThe CIA triad describes three principles involved in protecting data. Confidentiality Integrity Availability Confidentiality Confidentiality ensures only authorized individuals or systems can access the data. A few ways we can achieve confidenti...Dec 5, 2024 · 2 min readwillsec.hashnode.dev
HTB Notes: ArchetypeSMB Scanning the machine we find the following services running: SMB (445) SQL Server (1433) We can list the shares or services by using the following command. smbclient -L //10.129.227.227 --user=Administator This works because the SMB server is...Sep 6, 2024 · 3 min readwillsec.hashnode.dev
HTB Notes: FunnelFTP We begin by scanning the box with nmap. We find two ports open on the machine: 21 (ftp) and 22 (ssh) We can access the ftp server using the anonymous user account. An interesting note is we could use either the anonymous or ftp user and we co...Sep 6, 2024 · 3 min readwillsec.hashnode.dev
