1. BackBox Linux is a penetration testing and security assessment oriented Linux distribution providing a network and systems analysis toolkit. It includes some of the most commonly known/used security and analysis tools, aiming for a wide spread of goals, ranging from web application analysis to network analysis, stress tests, sniffing, vulnerability assessment, computer forensic analysis, automotive and exploitation. It has been built on Ubuntu core system yet fully customized, designed to be one of the best Penetration testing and security distribution and more.
2. The BackBox Team has recently announced the updated release of BackBox Linux, the version 4.5!.In this release few special new features have been included to keep BackBox up to date with last developments in security world. Tools such as OpenVAS and Automotive Analysis will make a big difference. BackBox 4.5 comes also with Kernel 4.2.The ISO images (32bit & 64bit) can be downloaded from the following location: http://www.backbox.org/downloads.
3. The post gives u an overall view of running live image with screen shots as seen whilst installing in Virtual Box.
Here is seen the first view of the distro image as it runs live :
Drop downs with menu offered seen in below screen shots :
What's new
- Preinstalled Linux Kernel 4.2
- System improvements
- Upstream components
- Bug corrections
- Performance boost
- Improved Anonymous mode
- Predisposition to BackBox Cloud platform
- New and updated hacking tools: wpscan, knockpy, nmap, zaproxy, set, guymanager, sqlmap, apktool, hashcat, can-utils, binwalk, openvas, phishing-frenzy, etc.
1. For those of you who have started reading this post coz of the tempting post title claiming extracting username/passwords from a RAM Dump,I must assure you it is possible easily in few steps using Volatility Framework.In the post ahead I have a RAM dump of a Windows 7 OS and I have been able to extract the user names and passwords of these users in three simple steps using Volatility Framework.Well,I will quickly get to the steps with screenshots :
Hashdump output seen with user names and NTLM dump CLICK TO ENLARGE
As we see vide above screen shot we have been able to extract names of users as stalin,VOLA and TILITY with hash of passwords against their names.Now we will decrypt these hashes.
DECRYPTING NTLM hash
Now comes decrypting this hash as we have got vide hashdump above.Hashes can now be cracked using John the Ripper, rainbow tables, etc.Now no need to install these crackers separately.Simply google for online decryptos and you will get the password too.I used this site at http://www.hashkiller.co.uk/ntlm-decrypter.aspx
Screen shots below:
Password extracted is test_1234 CLICK TO ENLARGE
Password extracted is test_123 CLICK TO ENLARGE
Password extracted is test CLICK TO ENLARGE
So in all two terminal commands running volatility hivelist and hashdump followed by decrypting the hash online will give you the usernames and passwords from the RAM dump.Any queries and questions or advises are most welcome.Thanks
1. Cuckoo Sandbox is a malware analysis system tool which allows you to throw any suspicious file at it and in a matter of seconds it will provide you back some detailed results outlining what such file did when executed inside an isolated environment.It is written 100% in Python, the architecture is very interesting and it is based on a virtualisation engine like Virtual box to maintain a “fresh” pc always at hand to run the malware called the client, inside this client it is run as an agent that is also written 100% in Python to monitor the different calls that the malware do to the dll’s, host that try to connect, etc.The connection between the Server and the client is done through an isolated network set up by virtual box, it is configured that way in order to avoid the propagation of the malware and to communicate effectively between the client and the server to send the analysis report, infected binaries, etc.This post ahead brings you a step by step screenshot to download and configure this excellent tool,will be good for beginners in cyber security/penetration testing to play with and see results immediately.Though from the looks of this post below,the procedure looks cumbersome and complex,but I have made attempts for a naive to understand and follow up screenshot wise,any queries still will be most welcome :
WHAT IT DOES PRECISELY?
2. Cuckoo can produce the following types of results:
- Files being created, deleted, and downloaded by the malware during its execution
- Network traffic trace in PCAP format(as we get with wireshark and ethreal)
- Traces of win32 API calls spawned by the malware
- Memory dumps of the malware processes
- Screenshots of the Windows desktop as it happens during execution of the malware
- Full memory dumps of the machines
KINDS OF FILES FOR ANALYSIS
3. The following kinds of files can be analysed and put for check in cuckoo :
- Adequate RAM around 4 GB in all with the parent machine.
- i3 processor and above will help u lessen wait and make u patient
5. Python comes preinstalled with the Ubuntu Desktop,but we need some extra python libraries as follows :
Pydeep
Sqlalchemy
Bson
DPKT
Yara
MAEC Python bindings
Jinja2
Magic
Chardet
Pymongo
tcpdump
mongodb
Volatility
Libvirt
Bottlepy
Django
Pefile
Step 1
Firstly we will install all the above mentioned libraries vide a single command.You need to slect the below text and paste as it is in the terminal | sudo apt-get install mongodb python-sqlalchemy python-bson python-dpkt python-jinja2 python-magic python-pymongo python-gridfs python-libvirt python-bottle python-pefile python-chardet tcpdump -y
Besides above,there are other python libraries that need PIP for installation.Pip is an alternative to Easy Install for installing Python packages and is largely recommended when used in virtual environments.
Two additional software Yara and Pydeep too need to be installed and the cuckoo documentation states these need to be installed separately, however Yara is provided in the Ubuntu universe repository. but before installing Pydeep , we need to install some dependencies with the following command line to install the following :
Cuckoo requires Yara 1.7 or higher and to install yara,run the following command
sudo apt-get install yara -y
Pydeep depends on ssdeep 2.8+ and ssdeep needs to be compiled from source and likewise for Pydeep. Before doing so, a few packages are needed. The following commands will work :
| sudo apt-get install build-essential git python-dev -y | wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/ssdeep/files/ssdeep-2.12/ssdeep-2.12.tar.gz/download -O ssdeep.tar.gz | tar -xf ssdeep.tar.gz | cd ssdeep-2.12 | ./configure | make | sudo make install | ssdeep -V | 2.12(output for above)
We also need to install “git’:
sudo apt-get install git
Now cd to the directory Download, clone the pydeep project and install manually:
git clone https://github.com/kbandla/pydeep.git
cd pydeep
sudo python setup.py install
Install Yara
sudo apt-get install libtool automake
Then download yara form the git repository and install it:
Now we need to install yara-python with the following commands:
cd yara-python
sudo python setup.py install
Volatility supports memory dumps from all major 32- and 64-bit Windows versions and service packs including XP, 2003 Server, Vista, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Seven, 8, 8.1, Server 2012, and 2012 R2 but in recent past now on supports Linux memory dumps in raw or LiME format and include 35+ plugins for analyzing 32- and 64-bit Linux kernels from 2.6.11 - 3.16 and distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSuSE, Fedora, CentOS, and Mandrake.VOLATILITY is to be installed next,we need the following commands:
Where user:usergroup is the user used to login to the ubuntu machine and the group is the group to which user belong
Now we shift our attention to configuring networks for Virtual Box and parent machine.So I assume you have installed Windows 7 in virtual box with Adobe,Microsoft Office and a Mozilla/Chrome browser.
Configure as shown next below :
Vide the above,the two IP addresses I have configured to ping are :
Parent/Host OS : 192.168.56.1
Virtual Windows Machine : 192.168.56.101
Just ping from each IP to other,if they ping all is set now to work ahead.
and one important step that remains is to configure the conf files in the cuckoo configuration,Few important configuration files that we effect to work with are mentioned below with brief functionality:
cuckoo.conf : This configuration file contains information about the general behavior and analysis options in Cuckoo Sandbox. machinemanager.conf : This file holds the information about your virtual machine configuration: Depends on the name of virtualization that we used. processing.conf : This file is used for enabling/configuring the processing of modules. reporting.conf : This file contains information about reporting methodologies.
There are a few things required to be changed in the configuration files as follows:
[I used gedit to edit and make amends to these conf files]
/opt/cuckoo/conf/cuckoo.conf
[cuckoo] memory_dump = on [resultserver] ip = [ip address of the vboxnet0 interface, to check it issue on terminal ifconfig vboxnet0, usually 192.168.56.1]
/opt/cuckoo/conf/virtualbox.conf
[cuckoo1] label = [Name of the Windows guest virtual machine as configured on VirtualBox] ip = [ip address configured i the windows guest] snapshot = [the name of the snapshot taken with virtual box] /opt/cuckoo/conf/memory.conf [basic] delete_memdump = yes
/opt/cuckoo/conf/processing.conf
[memory] enabled = yes [virustotal] enabled = yes key = [key of the virus total API, could be obtained registering in http://www.virustotal.com
/opt/cuckoo/conf/reporting.conf
[maec40] enabled = yes [mongodb] enabled = yes
Now we can run Cuckoo after all the hardwork :
run the command as shown below and you should get the screen as below :
sudo python /opt/cuckoo/cuckoo.py
Now we need to do a submission of a file vide a script as shown below :
Kali Linux ,is a well known Penetration
testing distro and also contains a plethora for digital forensics, is widely used by ethical hacker community across the globe and is maintained and developed by the organization known as “Offensive
Security”. It comes with over 650 tools pre-installed that help
perform tasks like network analysis, ethical hacking, load & crash
testing etc. It is powered by Linux kernel 4.0 and has enhanced support for different graphics cards and desktop environments.The most recent version of Kali has just been released few days back and here I bring you the installation step by step screen shot being installed in Virtual Box.
Choose Install above
The desktop boots to the following screen...thats it... You are ready to go....
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