Kent Ickler// TLDR: We use a custom dictionary to crack Microsoft Office document encryption.  Then we use a custom dictionary for pwnage in LinkedIn hash database. Background: I recently got […]

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Carrie Roberts* // (Updated, 2/11/2019) Trying to figure out the password for a password protected MS Office document? This free solution might do the trick. It attempts to guess the password […]

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Carrie Roberts //       A malicious macro in a Microsoft Word or Excel document is an effective hacking technique. These documents could be delivered in a variety of […]

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Ethan Robish // As promised in my previous post, part 1, this post shows how to place a tracking bug in a native .xlsx file.  Full credit for this method […]

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Sally Vandeven // Evading anti-virus scanners has become a bit of a sport around BHIS.  When we do C2 testing for our customers we start with a host on the […]

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Lisa Woody // On the 23rd of December, a cyber attack left hundreds of thousands of people in the Ukrainian region of Ivano-Frankivsk without power. This was the first confirmed […]

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