When attempting to launch smbclient via the Backtrack menu in Backtrack Linux version 5 release 3 you will receive an error stating there is no such file or directory. It appears some of the paths have changed between Backtrack Linux releases and the menu item for smbclient was not updated. I personally prefer smbclient from…
It appears that SQLLHF no longer works in Backtrack 5 release 3. When attempting to run this application it throws an error. I may update this article later with more information as I know the author of the software and once I can speak with him I will update accordingly. The good news is SQLLHF…
When running SQLDict on Backtrack Linux it is possible to run into an issue where SQLDict crashes when loading the password file. The issue appears to be that the SQLDict executable is expecting the password file to have a file ending on it no matter what it is and if not it causes SQLDict and…
SQLDict servers one purpose which is to brute force Microsoft SQL Server passwords. The easiest way to launch SQLDict is using the Backtrack navigation menu which launches the SQLDict.exe application using wine. The interface is easy to use as shown in the below example images.
Xplico is a NFAT or Network Forensics Analysis Tool that is designed to either capture traffic in real time sessions or to provide an interface to upload PCAP (Packet Capture Data) files for analysis. The current version in Backtrack Linux 5 release 3 is 0.7 however the latest Xplico version is Xplico 1.0.1. I believe…
I have been playing around with xplico which is a NFAT (Network Forensics Analysis Tool) tool included in Backtrack Linux. Pretty cool application though there are some things I am still figuring out or may be caused by the version be older in Backtrack. One of the main items where I could see new users…
We have had a couple requests to write a post about readpst which is included in the default path of Backtrack 5 and also located in the Backtrack menu underneath Forensics/Forensics Analysis Tools. The readpst application will read PST files which are also known as Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders and convert them to mbox, MH,…
If you ever need to write a shell script that uses either SSH or SCP to unknown hosts then you will likely have run across the issue of adding the remote host/server to the known_hosts file when automating either of the two commands are called within the script. You can easily get around this either…
There could be numerous reasons to create a fake Ethernet interface on a Linux server though I have heard that people might do so to get around licensing of software that is tied to the MAC address of a specific Ethernet port. You really just enable a dummy Ethernet interface and assign the MAC address…