How to Outsmart Internet Scanners: A Comedic Guide for Hackers
As an offensive security professional, building malicious infrastructure is part of the job, but staying under the radar is tricky. With companies like GCore Labs launching rapid internet scans, identifying non-standard user-agent strings becomes essential. Learn how to detect these snooping sensors and keep your Evilginx setup hidden from prying eyes!
Hot Take:
Bad guys versus the world: Who knew that the digital hide-and-seek game was so intense? As offensive security pros set up their sneaky traps, they must dodge internet-wide scans faster than you can say ‘phishing expedition’! It’s like a digital version of playing whack-a-mole, but with way more code and far less fun music.
Key Points:
- Offensive security pros use malicious infrastructure for operations, but staying undetected is a challenge.
- Automated scans from companies aim to identify malicious infrastructure quickly.
- Blocking known scanners can help avoid detection, but identifying them is tricky.
- GCore Labs’ user-agent strings serve as an example of detectable scanners.
- Storing and leveraging identified scanner data can aid in red team operations.
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