Kali Usage Tips and Tricks

Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at advanced Penetration Testing and Security Auditing. Kali contains several hundred tools which are geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering.

Download Kali: https://www.kali.org/downloads/

Basic Configuration Videos:

Install Wordpress on Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi is mostly ready for use after the basic configuration completed in my previous posts:

• Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Basic Configuration Part 2
• Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Basic Configuration Part 1
• Remote Access Raspberry Pi from Anywhere

The next cool thing to do is to install wordpress on it. This post is just used to record all steps I have followed online instruction installed an instance of a WordPress site to run on Raspberry Pi using the Apache Web Server. There are a lots of more things you may like to know regarding Apache, PHP, Mysql. It is best to search other online resources or take a look those listing at the Reference section to find out more.

Windows Remote Command Line Troubleshooting Tips and Tricks

Here are some scripts and methods to do remote troubleshooting or running some commands in remote machines. I found they are very useful especially in a enterprise environment if you have your domain admin account.
Prerequisites to run remote commands:

• Install .NET Framework 4.5.2 from \\shareserver\it\$Install\Scripting prerequisites\NDP452-KB2901907-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe
• or from https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=42642
• Install Windows Management Framework 5.1:
•  copy the folder \\shareserver\it\$Install\Scripting prerequisite\Windows Management Framework 5.1 to your C drive or download from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/wmf/5.1/install-configure
•  Open PowerShell as an administrator, navigate into the directory on your C drive, and run the command

• .\Install-Wmf.ps1

• Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 redistributable from \\shareserver\it\$Install\Scripting prerequisite\VC_redist.x64.exe
• Download from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685
• From a PowerShell prompt running as an administrator, run the command
• Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force
• From a PowerShell prompt running as an administrator, run the command
• winrm quickconfig

CentOS Basic Configuration and Services/Software Installation (Docker, Vsftp, Samba, etc)

The CentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System) Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open source ecosystem. For users, CentOS offers a consistent manageable platform that suits a wide variety of deployments. For open source communities, CentOS offers a solid, predictable base to build upon, along with extensive resources to build, test, release, and maintain their code.

CentOS uses the Red Hat source code base to create a product similar to RHEL. So CentOS is very close to being RHEL without the branding and support. In particular, the library versions are the same, so binaries that work on one will work on the other. The administration tools are the same and configured in similar ways. However, there are a few differences, as the two distributions sometimes apply different minor patches.

Proofpoint Wombat Security Education Platform Usage - Create Training Assignment

Gartner has named Proofpoint (Wombat Security) a Leader in Security Awareness Computer-Based Training for a couple of years as far as I could find.

There are many functions and features I like, but one thing I specially liked is how easy you can setup a training just with a couple of clicks and some basic information entered. The templates from Wombat is already good enough for most situations. In this post, I captured some screenshots to show how easily it can be done.


1. Log into Wombat Platform
Products->Training -> Assignmetns

Windows 10 Tweaks, Tips and Tricks

Here are some simple but effective windows tweaks, tips and tricks to streamline your windows computing experience. Here are list of my collections (still keep adding):
1. Fix High CPU Usage by Windows Software Protect Service (Sppsvc.exe)
2. Install Telnet Client
3. Check System Uptime
4. Hiding Windows Folder
5. 上帝模式一键开启
6. 历史问题一目了然 (Reliability Monitor)
7. 一Click锁定电脑 Other than WIN+L
8. 常用程序快捷启动
9. 快速以管理员方式启动程序
10. 无盘符分区，保护/访问两相宜
11. 双击任意窗口的最左上角都能关闭该窗口
12. Ctrl+Alt+Del=Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager
13. Issue: Microsoft Office can't find your license for this application or Windows is not activated
14. Windows 10 Battery Report

Step by Step Installation Python IDE - PyCharm

Based on Wikipedia, PyCharm is an integrated development environment (IDE) used in computer programming, specifically for the Python language. It is developed by the Czech company JetBrains. It provides code analysis, a graphical debugger, an integrated unit tester, integration with version control systems (VCSes), and supports web development with Django.

PyCharm is cross-platform, with Windows, macOS and Linux versions. The Community Edition is released under the Apache License, and there is also Professional Edition with extra features, released under a proprietary license.

This post and related YouTube video will show you the step by step installation.

1. Download Free Community Version 

From download URL: https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/#section=windows, we will get a 212MB file : pycharm-community-2018.3.2.exe.

Threat Hunting Tools

Here are some collections from Internet about Threat Hunting tools, information and resources.

1. Kansa

• GitHub - Davehull/Kansa
• http://trustedsignal.blogspot.com/search/label/Kansa
• http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2014/07/18/kansa-a-powershell-based-incident-response-framework/
• Kansa: A PowerShell-based incident response framework