My OCSP and PNPT journey from the beginning, during and I hope “the end”. @TCMSecurity @thecybermentor @offsectraining #PEN-100 #PEN-103 #PEN-200 #PEN-203 #WEB-100 #SOC-100 #PNPT #OSCP @joplinapp @reconmap @BHinfoSecurity @ActiveCmeasures @WWHackinFest @strandjs #hacking #pentesting

Intro Hi all! My plan is that under 2022 to take OSCP and PNPT exam. To get the full picture…

What you need to know to prepare for OSCP exam? Or what I need to know. Labs, Reporting and Exam requirements. #OSCP #pentesting @offsectraining

Hi! I am preparing for the OSCP exam, and there is alot of information out there. I needed to know…

Free AWS education – AWS Technical Essentials and AWS Cloud Practitioner Essenstials. @awscloud #AWS #cloud #CloudComputing

Hi! Between Offensive Security and TCM Academy courses I was able to do the online course from AWS. The nice…

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Analys Master Class with @Gerald_Auger #SimplyCyber @NIST #cybersecurity #education

I did take a small break today from Offensive Security today and found a realy nice course, not so practical…

Eat, Drink, Sleep and Shit security. How in a “easy” way keep you updated on what is happening out there. @BHinfoSecurity @ActiveCmeasures @WWHackinFest @intigriti #security #knowledge

How do you keep you updated on what is happening out there, I have some tools and workflow that will…

Upgrade EOL Ubuntu server from 20.10 to 21.10. An upgrade from ‘groovy’ to ‘impish’ is not supported with this tool. @ubuntu @ubuntugeek #ubuntu #linux #EOL #upgrade

Hi all! Time to do a quick post that ran into this evening. As always I update my lab to…

How to document ActiveDirectory free and with #powerhsell export to excel and word #ActiveDirectory #documentation @evotecpl

Hi! As I am not writing alot of other stuff other than my goal to PNTP and OSCP right now…

Podcasts you need to take a look at. @DarknetDiaries @DanielMiessler @IntelTechniques @InfosecEdu @7MinSec @coalfirelabs @NetSPI @breachsense @TrustedSec @riskybusiness @thehackscast@NakedSecurity @thehackerish @CyberSpeaksLIVE @BHinfoSecurity @PentesterLand @itsakerhetspodd @geoffwhite247 @CSI_Podcast

Here are podcasts that I like to listen to when I can. It is not best to worst list it…

Courses and Certifications that I have taking over the years. Knowledge is the key.

If you are interested in any just send me an email if you want information about them. This is mostly…

Open-Source Vulnerability Assessment and Pentesting Management Platform @reconmap #pentesting #opensource #hacking #opensource #cybersecurity

Hi again! Time to look at reconmap. We in this line of work love abbreviation, so I call this OVAPMP…

DarkWeb tools, how to install and run @torproject @TebbaaX @splitgraph @sn1persecurity @DarkSearchApp #pentest #readteam #hacking

Hi! It is time to go dark. In this post we are gonna take a look at different tools that…

Install, build and run Sn1per. Testing the free version. @Sn1perSecurity #attacksurface #infosec #assetmanagement #attacksurfacediscovery #bugbounty #platform #netsec #offsec #redteam #pentest #attacksurfacemanagement

Hi all out there. It is time to take a look at sn1per. A tool that automate opensource stuff for…

How to approach security by learning or really any learning (my way) @albinowax @jaybeale @ralphte1 @goteleport @CyberDefenders @BanjoCrashland @BHinfoSecurity @dayzerosec @NakedSecurity @cert_se #pentest #PENTESTING #redteam #infosec

First thanx to all mention in this post! The hard thing about security is the wide range of stuff you…

My thoughts about C2 and the tests @C2_MATRIX @metasploit @c2_matrix #Covenant @BYT3BL33D3R @BHinfoSecurity #PENTEST #PENTESTING #REDTEAM #INFOSEC #autossh #ssh

Hi, this will be a short one. But I must put down in words what my thoughts are about the…

Fith step in setting up C2 environment. Using socat as front to SILENTTRINITY. Command and Control my way. @c2_matrix @byt3bl33d3r @porchetta_ind #pentest #pentesting #redteam #infosec

Now we are gonna look at SILENTTRINITY from @byt3bl33d3r I think this will be the last test of Command and…

Fourth step in setting up C2 environment. Using socat as front to Covenant. Command and Control my way. @c2_matrix #Covenant #pentest #pentesting #redteam #infosec

It is time for part 4 in this series to set up a Command and Control, and this time I…

Third step in setting up C2 environment. Using socat as front to merlin. Command and Control my way. @c2_matrix @merlin_c2 #pentest #pentesting #redteam #infosec

It is time for part 3 in this series to set up a Command and Control, and this time I…

Second step in setting up C2 environment. Using socat as front to autossh. Command and Control my way. @c2_matrix #autossh #ssh #pentest #pentesting #redteam #infosec

It is time for part 2 in this series to set up a Command and Control, and this time I…

First steps in setting up C2 environment. Using socat as front to metsaploit. Command and Control my way. @c2_matrix @metasploit #pentest #pentesting #redteam #infosec

Hi, I know that is been a while since the last post, but life got in the way. But it…

DELL server SD-card problem after firmware upgrade to SD Module 1.15. 2 fixes. @Dell @VMware #vExpert #esxi

After firmware upgrade of DELL server we got issue regarding SD Card mirror. Here is how we sloved this. DELL…

Add portgroups on a vswitch is pain in the *ss, but you can use this simple script to get it done. @vExpert #esxi #vswitch @VMware #vCommunity

Hi! Not everyone are using distributed switches in there vmware enviroment or the licence for host profiles. Some uses ordinary…

How to revert from NVMe controller to paravirtulized scsi controller. Blue screen inaccessible boot device when I do that. How to fix it with 2 commands #windows10 @PURESTORAGE @VMWARE #VEXPERT #ESXI #PERFORMANCE

Hi all! The latest posts has been about how to get the most of our hardware in a virtual machines.…

New version of hashcat is out. Time to test version 6.2.0 @HASHCAT #LINUX4HACKERS #HASHCAT #LINUX #INFOSEC #HACKING #PENTEST #PENTESTING #REDTEAM #NVIDA #BRUTEFORCE #NVIDA #TESLAM60

Hi all! There is a new version of Hashcat out for you to try! Here you can download it https://hashcat.net/hashcat/…

Choose SCSI Controller to get the best performance on a VM. What SCSI controller on VM shall I use. Queue Depth settings on ESXi. Queue Depth in Windows VM. Pure Storage performance. @PureStorage @VMware #vExpert #esxi #performance

Last post I was looking at vCPU configuration on a vm to get best performance on a vm. Now it…

Test vCPU configuration to get best performance out of a VM. What configuration shall I use. #vCPU @vExpert @VMware #virtualmachine @FrankDenneman #numa @mwVme

We start with what our goals are We have a vm that want to take as much cpu power as…

In place upgrade to Windows 2019 from Windows 2016. Error 0xC1900101 – 0x30018 The installation failed in FIRST_BOOT phase with an error during SYSPREP operation. #windows2019 @MicrosoftHelps @Microsoft

Hi all! This must be one of the first time that this happens, something about Windows in this blogg. But…

Attending Active Defense & Cyber Deception with @strandjs and want to run the WINADHD vm in ESXi, please read this. @WWHackinFest @BHinfoSecurity @ACTIVECMEASURES #ACTIVECOUNTERMEASURES #THREATHUNTING #BEACONS #WINADHD

If you attending John strand in this epic course and want to run the lab vm in Vmware ESXi please…

Attending Cyber Threat Hunting Level 1 w/ Chris Brenton | 4-hours and want to run the VM in QEMU/KVM this is how I got it to work. @ActiveCmeasures #activecountermeasures #AIHunter #ThreatHunting #Beacons #Activecountermeasures @Zeekurity

Hi all! If you are like me attending the Threat Hunting Training Course named Cyber Threat Hunting Level 1 w/…

Using fail2ban and the see what countries are trying a little to much to connect to my server. #Fail2ban #infosec #CyberSec #linux #awk #sed @ubuntu #linux4hackers

Hi! Goal for today is to get a list of what countries is trying to much to connect to my…

How to do remote work smooth with any device and still use camera, microphone in any application. Using my work PC as remote nod and Ubuntu as a client home. @vmware @vmwarehorizon @vExpert @ubuntu @vExpert #remote #WorkFromHome #linux

Goal for today is to connect to work machine, in this case a Windows 10 and have all the functions…

CEH Master, LPT, eJPT and eCPPTv2. My thoughts about the exams ,courses and how I got there. @ECCOUNCIL @eLearnSecurity @ReadynezSocial @hackthebox_eu @RealTryHackMe @BHinfoSecurity @RedSiege @WWHackinFest @ActiveCmeasures

I am gonna try to explain how my dedicated my life to work and what it takes for me to…

Passing the eCPPTv2 certification from eLearnSecurity. 10 answers for you to pass the exam. Thanx to @eLearnSecurity @RealTryHackMe #eCPPTv2 @thecybermentor #infosec #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam #hackthebox #linux4hackers #blackbox

Got the eCPPTv2 Certification today. Nice way to start the year with. 7 days of penetration testing and 7 days…

Adding automating pentest tools for WebApi to my hacking rig. Astra and Fuzzapi. @bsdbandit @RedSiege @TimMedin @Fuzzapi0x00 #OpenSource #Security #WebServices #API #webapi

This blog will be relatively short, but I thought the webinar I listened to was so interesting that I have…

Explain in my own way how to do basic Buffer Overflow. With help from @RealTryHackMe #BufferOverlow #Hacking #INFOSEC #LINUX4HACKERS #pentest #pentesting #redteam

First this is not advanced BufferOverflow, more for me to write down and document what I did at tryhackme to…

Why would you use masks with hashcat when you crack hashes in brute force mode. @hashcat #LINUX4HACKERS #HASHCAT #LINUX #INFOSEC #HACKING #PENTEST #PENTESTING #REDTEAM #NVIDA #TESLAM60 #NTLM #BRUTEFORCE

In this post I will try to explain why it is important to use masks when you crack password from…

How to export/crack SAM database with internal Windows tools if you do not have access to mimikatz / hashdump / metasploit. As a bonus we also look at cached domain hashes. #LINUX4HACKERS #HASHCAT #LINUX #INFOSEC #HACKING #PENTEST #PENTESTING #REDTEAM #NVIDA #TESLAM60

Hi! I wanted to dump hashes on a Windows 10 box without any external tools. This is how I did…

Migrate from VirtualBox to QEMU/KVM on Ubuntu 20.10 as host. And get the VMs up and running. #qemu #kvm #libvirt #virtualbox #linux #virtualbox @ubuntu

Hi! I am have been running VirtualBox for my VMs on a Linux host for some time now. But when…

Using MindMap application when doing pentest or ctf! Up for you to decide. #MindMaps #freesoftware #kali #linux4hackers #linux #infosec #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam @kalilinux #ctf #bugbountytips @insilmaril

I was thinking about a nice and easy way to save a penetration test and come up with this.Use a…

How to get autocompletion working great instead of good in powershell for linux. #powershell #pwsh #pwsh-preview #linux @ubuntu @powershell #autocompletion

My colleague @Schillman told me that you can get better autocompletion in powershell for linux. I thought that was interesting…

Configure Office365 as a Service Provider in a federation and use Fortinet as Identity Provider. @Fortinet #fortinet #SAML @Office365 #federation @AzureSupport #cloud #cloudsecurity # #fortinet

Hi, a hole different topic today. On the table is federation. In this case we want a third party solution…

Install PowerShell on Ubuntu 20.04 and add support for AzureAD. #powershell @ubuntu #linux @Microsoft @Azure #linux-guy-try-windows

Hi I want t run PowerShell on my Ubuntu machine and also add support for Azure. Because soon I will…

Installing Crowdsec on my hacking rig. How to block unwanted connections. Like bruteforce attacks on ssh. @Crowd_Security @DanielMiessler #hacker #bruteforce #ssh #cybersecurity #Security

I was reading on Daniel Miessler website and got really excited about his article about replacement to fail2ban. https://danielmiessler.com/study/crowdsec/?mc_cid=970356fcef&mc_eid=fa6207cba8 ).…

How to install and run Salt from @SaltStack in my hacking rig. @VMware @thehackscast @thatch45 #saltconf @DjJimmyChunga #hacker #automation

Hi again! Today we are gonna take a look at Salt from Saltstack. On Sunday I was walking the dog…

Installing Microsoft Edge dev version on ubuntu 20.04. @MicrosoftEdge @EdgeDevTools @ubuntu #linux #ubuntu

Finally (can I say that?) it is edge time on Linux. Really straight forward to get Edge on you Ubuntu…

Install LogonTracer in my hacking rig. #blueteam @jpcert_en #LogonTracer #ubuntu #linux #infosec #logging #hacking @Docker #logontracer @neo4j

It is time to test LogonTracer from @jpcert_en you can get your copy from https://github.com/JPCERTCC/LogonTracer From the website:LogonTracer is a…

Add linux and windows machines to SecurityOnion Kolide Fleet @securityonion #opensource #qsquery #fleet @Kolide #linux @BHinfoSecurity

We have now come so far that we want to add things in my installation of SecurityOnion. And we will…

Installing Security Onion 2.3 in my hacking rig. @securityonion #opensource @Elasticsearch #zeek #grafana #qsquery #wazuh #thehive #playbook #kibana #squert #snort #cortex #fleet #suricata #logstash @BHinfoSecurity @elastic @TheHive_Project @grafana

I must thank @BHinfoSecurity to get my interest in this. There webinars is great, especially 30 minutes before the real…

Installing Security Onion 16.04 in my hacking rig. @securityonion #opensource @Elasticsearch #zeek #kibana #squert #snort @BHinfoSecurity @debthedeb

Hi, now after some other installations in my “lab” it is time to look at logging. I got really inspired…

How to update my hacking rig (Linux and Windows) using ansible. #ansible #ubuntu #linux #infosec #windowsupdate #hacker #automation

I have my vm:s up and running now, but I like my rig to be patched and updated, even if…

Hachcat benchmark numbers with a VM with Tesla M60 card PCI passthru. #ubuntu #linux4hackers #hashcat #linux #infosec #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam #invida #teslam60

I am running hashcat in a VM (ubuntu 20.04) with a PCI passthru NVIDIA TeslaM60 card. This is my first…

How to access internal machines with ssh tunneling. Tunnel rdp thru a jumpstation with ssh. #infosec #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam #linux4hackers #kali #parrotos #linux #linux4hackers #ssh

This is follow up of the previous post regarding my rig. How do I access this where ever I am?…

How did I create hacking rig for ethical hacking. Based on VMware with Tesla M60. #infosec #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam #hackthebox #tryhackme #linux4hackers #ctf #kali #parrotos #linux #godaddy #linux4hackers

My goal with this project was to create a hacking rig that I can use when doing hackthebox, tryhackme and…

ESXi 6.7 with ixbgen driver gets admin down on the vmnic when reconnect occurse. #VMware #esxi #ixben #ixbe #vExpert

We had a failure on a core switch and following we got strange issue with our ESXi host that were…

How to get IPv6 and IPv4 support with proxychain4 running kali. #hack #kali #linux #infosec #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam #proxychain4

I wanted to use proxychain with IPv6, ended up with this configuration. If you have not install proxychain4 do that…

If you are attending “Getting Started in Security with BHIS and MITRE ATT&CK with @strandjs” next week and running Linux and VirtualBox. How to import the machine? @BHinfoSecurity @WWHackinFest @debthedeb #cybertraining #hackers #CyberSecurity #infosec

I am running Kali and VirtualBox. When running Virtualbox there are some issues. If the machine that you are running…

How to disable systemd-resolved. Problem to get resolve.conf updated with NetworkManger #ubuntu #networkmanager #linux #INVIDGruppen

When you running systemd-resolved you have entry in /etc/resolv.conf that points to nameserver 127.0.0.53. When you troubleshoot sometimes you do…

Powershell and Vmware PowerCLI, get-vm exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. How to fix and add proxy in powershell. Add PSGallery as a repo.#vExpert #VMware #powershell #vmwarepowercli

Uninstall PowerCLI from VMware (we add it later from PSGallery) Start Powershell Set tls security to 1.2 [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12…

Spam-test. Test if your email adress / domain are on any blacklist or if anything is wrongly configured. Check for spf,dkim and other stuff. #pentesting #blueteam #cybersecurity #spam #tester

This is a simple way to test if your email security is ok. Open a web browser and access https://mail-tester.com…

Buffer Overflow, how do I prepare for Penetration Testing Professional V5 buffer overflow part. @eLearnSecurity #bufferoverflow #infosec #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam #hackthebox #INVIDGruppen #INVID

I am not a programmer from the beginning so I struggle a lot with buffer overflow part of the PTP…

How to set up juice-shop @ heroku for free. Then begin hacking your own web application. @heroku @owasp #infosec #hacking #pentest #cybersecurity #webhacking

I was watching a YouTube video from https://twitter.com/thecybermentor and wanted to spread the word to my 2 followers. This is…

How to get Bluetooth headset working both as headset and high fidelity playback A2DP Sink with nice sound. @system76 #Pop!_OS #linux #pop_os #ubuntu #Linux #gnome

I was unable to switch my bluetooth headset between different audio profiles. Did read alot of blogs and edit blutooth…

How to get systray icons for programs. @system76 #Pop!_OS #linux #pop_os #ubuntu #Linux

I installed Pop!_OS, clean install. After that I installed some application that uses system tray. But some icons do not…

Create file with hostnames from website with cewl, then scan the webserver for vhosts with Metasploit vhost_scanner to find hidden virtual hosts on webserver. #infosec #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam #hackthebox #ctf #linux4hackers

We start to collect possible hostnames from websites with Cewl cewl http://10.10.10.1 -w cewl.txt You can also use some other…

Copy vswitch vlan from one host to another with powershell. @VMware #vExpert #esxi #VMware

This simple powershell scripts copy vlans from one server to another. With this script I needed to manually create the…

Terminator + tmux = perfect match? Starting and attaching tmux sessions from terminator automatic with bash. @kalilinux #kali #kalilinux #linux#linux4hackers #linux #tmux #terminator #infosec #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam

My goal was to start Terminator, that’s the terminal program I use and the reattach to tmux sessions in the…

Upgrading VirtualCenter to 6.7.xx you get: Error in method invocation Timeout happens while sending message to microservice #vsphere #vcenter @vmware

I did get this on 2 different upgrade I did I tried two methods both worked for me. Reboot VirtualCenter…

Running Linux, is it possible to use OneDrive and Google Drive. Yes and it works. #linux #onedrive #googledrive #insync @insync

I do not say anything about security issue regarding this, but I needed a way to sync my Companies OneDrive…

How to import missing key from all the repository in a one liner. @kalilinux #kali #kalilinux #linux #gpgkey #NO_PUBKEY

You get this error when you apt-get update The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not…

CORE-IT is a FREE virtual conference hosted by Chappell University. The online event begins March 24th at 9 am Pacific Time. #wireshark #nmap #darknet @torproject #kismet #tcp #dns @LauraChappell https://www.engagez.net/coreit1#lct=entrance

I got an email regarding a free Virtual Conference 2020! Could be something real nice! https://www.engagez.net/coreit1#lct=entrance Agenda here: https://coreit.s3.amazonaws.com/CORE-IT_Agenda-v1f.pdf Click…

ESXTOP on esxi server get really screwed up in terminal. Running from Linux. @vExpert #esxtop #linux #VMware #vmug #terminal

I was troubleshooting a ESXi host with esxtop, but the terminal was screwed up. The thing to set is this:…

Refresh computer group membership without reboot on Windows #windows #gpupdate #kerberos #pentest #hacking #redteam

Remove cached kerberos ticket klist -lh 0 -li 0x3e7 purge Update gpupdate /force Logout / Login

Fishing with Raspberry Pi, Kali, Auto connect to VPN, Auto register domain with GoDaddy, Automatic SSL cert with Letsencrypt, Run Golang, Run Gophish @letsencrypt @golang @kalilinux @GoDaddy #kali #raspberrypie #linux #infosec #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam #gophish

This is just for demo, I used root as user, you should perhaps consider other user to do this. Installation…

Virtual Box empty gui when running darkmode in Linux. @kalilinux #kali #kalilinux #linux #VirtualBox

When you start Virtualbox in darkmode theme, you do not see anything in the gui. Start VirtualBox with a style……

How to exploit Active Directory ACL based privilege escalation path with Bloodhound and aclpwn.py. Then collect the hashes, if you are lucky to get that level of access with secretdump.py #kali #kalilinux #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam

This was done from Kali box. Of course the Sharphound was ran on a compromised computer. Used application Bloodhound and…

Microsoft change from ldap to ldaps. What will happen to my Vcenter with Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) customers. #vcenter #vmware #ldap #ActiveDirectory

Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) has also been tested by VMware Engineering and verified to be compatible with these changes. IWA…

Linux Autostart application with delay and also minimize the application after start. #kalilinux #linux

Some application start in full screen and I do not want that. I want them minimized when I login. In…

How to turn of power management on the wifi in kali 2010.1 (or any other distro using NetworkManager). @kalilinux #kali #kalilinux #linux #NetworkManager

Sometimes there are issues with speed, performance, lost of connection to access points. This can be helpful in some configurations.…

Kali 2020.1 XFCE. Unable to start any program from gui that requires root privilege. Synaptic just do not start. Firewall-applet just say unable to communicate. It starts fine from cli. @kalilinux #kali #kalilinux #linux

I just installed Kali weekly release (2020.1) with KDE and XFCE and all things seems to work very fine. But…

Compile an exploit on ParrotOS for Windows 32bit. @ParrotSec #infosec #hacking #pentest #pentesting #redteam

I needed to compile an exploit in ParrotOS. Did not have a Windows machine at the moment. In this case…

Problem with Nimble plugin in VirtualCenter 6.7U3 or any other plugin. #VMWare #VirtualCenter #nimble #storage

How to completely remove and start from scratch regardning Nimble Plugin in Vcenter. W had the plugin that was in…

Git pull with subdirectories. Instead of every subdirectory one by one.

If you have for example a github directory in our home directory and want to update all the applications at…

How did my journey to Licensed Penetration Tester (Master) Certification begins and ends. My own thoughts. #LPTMaster #penetrationtesting #infosec #eccouncil @ReadynezSocial @ECCOUNCIL

My journey began 2018-07-09 at Readynez ( Örenäs Slott) a rely warm summer week for Sweden anyway, almost 30 degrees…

How to get VMware Remote Console on Kali 2019.4

Thanx to Dave Parker http://computersalad.blogspot.com/2018/09/using-vmware-remote-console-on-debian.html sudo su cd /usr/lib/vmware/bin mv vmrc vmrc.old Create a new vmrc file in /usr/lib/vmware/bin with…

Autostart links with OneGate, Tunnel, HTML5 and Web resources.

This is how you create autostart links with OneGate. If you are runing the lates version and https only, change…

Get VM on what Datastore and what DRS group the VM is member of, export the result and email to you in a oneliner.

Special thanks to my better looking colleague @ http://blogg.schillman.se/ He is a powershell guru! I did this on Linux so…

How to restart http/https on Brocade sanswitch.

You need to login with root account on the switch. SAN-SWITCH1:root> /fabos/libexec/webdconfigure http attributes (yes, y, no, n): [no] y…

Cloned vm is pionting to original vm disks, and you get error when powering on cloned vm, File system specific implementation of LookupAndOpen[file] failed.

(We are using old version of VCenter Server 6.5 Update 1e), Yes, we are about to upgrade! When you clone…

Add & Remove VM from DRS Groups based on datastore. Using PowerShell Ubuntu 19.10 Budgie. Add-DrsVMtoDrsVMGroup and Remove-DrsVMFromDrsVMGroup

Thanks to Author: Tim Carman Twitter: @tpcarman Github: tpcarman https://www.timcarman.net/2017/10/27/add-remove-virtual-machines-based-datastore-location-powercli/ Functions: Add-DrsVMtoDrsVMGroup Remove-DrsVMFromDrsVMGroup install Powershell Get PowerShell to work with…

Getting Powershell to work with Ubuntu 19.10 (budgie). Couldn’t find a valid ICU package installed on the system

You get error like this: Process terminated. Couldn’t find a valid ICU package installed on the system. Set the configuration…

Ubuntu Budgie 19.10 mousepad right click how to switch from two finger click.

Standard is to use 2 finger and click to get right mouse click. You can switch to “standard” Right click…

Configure snmp for Esxi and Virtual Center Appliance

If you want to monitor your enviroment using snmp you can. I will recommend going to SNMPv3 not v2 like…

How to manual replace disk in 3PAR when you get: Proactive Disk Replacement Required: NBD.

We received a new disk from HP because we had proactive failure on disk. If you ssh to 3par, we…

Ubuntu running Librenms with MariaDB don’t start after 100% disk full.

I am trying out Librenms under Ubuntu 18.04. I did dumb thing and sized the disk to small. So today…

How to get vDocumentation to work in PowerShell

Start PowerShell as Administrator Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser Install-Module ImportExcel -scope CurrentUser Install-Module vDocumentation -Scope CurrentUser Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Set-PowerCLIConfiguration…

Get service tag from Linux on Dell machine

sudo dmidecode | grep “Serial Number” You get something like this: Serial Number: 21XHTN1

Edit syslog to save log file on ESXi host you get A general system error

You get an error when editing advanced option on ESXi host (syslog) But when you do this from CLI it…

Create a certificate for website in pkc12 format. Combine the intermediate and the certificate and private key.

Create Key file openssl genrsa -des3 -out mg.key 2048 Create CSR with above keyfile openssl req -new -sha256 -key ./cert.key…

Upgrade Dell OpenManage Enterpris to 3.2. Console is being updated please wait…

Started the upgrade 08:10 and the upgrade was finished 9:37. I have only about 10 host in OME. I takes…

VMware Converter 6.2 failed after 3% with error FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: ‘BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[60-2A-FF-68-00-00-10-00-00-00-00-00]. Error: 37409 (type: 1, code: 2338)’

1 physical server to virtual with VMware Converter 6.2 failed after 3% with error. FAILED: An error occurred during the…

VMware Converter 6.2 error 1 % FAILED: A file I/O error occurred while accessing ”.

1 physical server with AD,DNS,DHCP and file services. I want to convert the physical server to a virtual machine with…

Strange performance charts after upgrade to 6.7 U2. algorithm newreno

After I upgraded a host to 6.7U2 from 6.5 I got som strange performance chart, Realtime, 1 day for latency…

Migrate to Virtual Center 6.7 when the Virtual Center is Virtulized on providers Virtual Center. Migrated Virtual Center has no ip connectivity to local ESXi host. Add extra nic to VirtualCenter is the soloution!

You need ip connectivity from the temp VC to the ESXi host that the upgraded VC is hosted. We want…

CONFIGURING PURE1 VM ANALYTICS With Proxy settings

Please follow this great guide from Cody! https://www.codyhosterman.com/2018/10/configuring-pure1-vm-analytics-detailed-guide/ When you come to the point when you shall install or update…

Update all git applications in a directory with one command.

This oneliner update every git cloned application in the the directory /home/user/github/”applications” cd /home/user/github Command: for d in *; do…

Unable to activate Windows 2019 with a new product key error 0x80070490

When you change the product key you get this: Open CMD as Administrator and do this by CLI c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk…

Brocade GUI admin from Ubuntu

Install java webstart sudo apt-get install icedtea-netx Run the jnlp file: -verbose and -nosecurity is not mandatory javaws -verbose -nosecurity…

Brocade San Switch – Commands to know

Show switchshow – Indicators like no light or In_sync will be displayed portshow <port> – Provides report on errors on…

Unable to upload documents with Swedish characters in the document name to Sharepoint using Windows 10 and IE, working with other browsers.

Windows 10 1809 with KB4489899 Windows 10 1709 with KB4489886 Uninstall the above patch, then it works again.

CEH Practical – LPT Master – CTF – Notes in general

CEH Practical – LPT (Master) – CTF Notes I have gather these notes from internet and cources that…

Microphone in Windows 10 1803 or later under VirtualBox, Ubuntu 18.10 as host.

Microphone seems not to work in any application, audio out is working in 3,5mm or in usb headset but not…

Getting strange error when installing vcli 6.7on ubuntu 18.10

Getting some error when try to run ./vmware-install.pl vcli Path::Class 0.33 or newer Socket6 0.28 or newer IO::Socket::INET6 2.72 or…

Test access to site with SSL using openssl on client hand see tha handshake.

If you want to see the ssl handshake in the CLI, this is the comman to use! openssl s_client -connect…

SSH to an old machine with sha1. Unable to negotiate with ipadress port 22 no matching key exchange method found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1

Unable to ssh to old versions of sshd Unable to negotiate with ipadress port 22 no matching key exchange method…

CEH Practical #CEH @ECCOUNCIL

I have read many things about that CEH is not that good, but I think otherwise. I think everyone in…

Add firewall rules to firewalld in Ubuntu 18.10

I wanted to drop all ICMP traffic, tried to create the rules in the gui, but no progress. I did…

Ping something and save to textfile and get date and time in powershell

ping.exe -t 127.0.0.1 |Foreach{“{0} – {1}” -f (Get-Date),$_} >> ping.txt

Upload file to datastore, certificate error.

To fix this Browse to VirtualCenter Down at the right bottom on page press Download trusted root CA Unpack the…

System Management Software 1 SEL Fullness on ESXi host.

Unable to reset sensors, unable to delete log from Vsphere Client/Web You get these messages: System Management Software 1 SEL…

Upgrade 5.0.0 to 5.5 from CLI.

When you have upgraded to 6.5 and did not notice that you had a 5.0.0. server in the Virtual Center.…

Unable to send mail from Virtual Centern or strange errors in the SMTP server.

Unable to send alarms from Virtual Center, or you get strange smtp errors on smtp server. Connect to the Virtual…

Some nice For Dummies Books.

Will add more as I stumble upon them. Network Virtualization for Dummies https://secure.vmware.com/47785_REG?touch=1&src=so_5bbb4d89277ef&cid=70134000001CYBq&src=so_5a314d05e49f5&cid=70134000001SkJn Micro‐segmentation For Dummies https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vmware-micro-segmentation-for-dummies-book.pdf NVMe over Fibre…

Client VPN and VPN server in ASUS router at the same time. Route all traffic thru VPN service.

What we want: I don’t think this will work with ASUS orginal firmware, I have not tested. I use…

Slow Veeam backups after upgrade to Virtual Center 6.5 or 6.7, same issue on both.

We where using hotadd function to backup on some SQL servers. From 40 min backup time to 10 hours! After…

Create wildcard from lets encrypt from another machine. And convert to p12

You need to verify by dns, that’s what I read anyway. I was doing this from ubuntu 18.04 Install certbot:…

Update Manager is missing in the Flash or HTML5 gui. No errors, service is started. Unable to access Virtual Center from Linux Client.

One smash, two flies After upgrading from 6.5 vcsa to 6.7 without any problem, update manager is missing in the…

Unable to migrate Virtual Center to 6.5 from 5.5. Certificate errors.

Easy one Uninstall VCenter Server from Windows Copy/Backup and Remove C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL Reinstall same Virtual Center that was installed before.…

Windows 2008 R2 cleanmgr.exe how to fix without reboot.

If not have desktop expirence installed and want to clean up C: on Windows 2008R2. Then copy below files the…

Schedule backup on DataCore nodes. Email,copy the backup job

Create Backup.ps1 file on every datacorenode. Under C:\backup Create backup.bat file on every datacorenode. Under C:\backup Schedule a task in…

Upgrade Datacore manually

How to manually upgrade Datacore. Download the Datcore Software Do you have DCSAdmin Password? If you don’t, get it. If…

Two NVme disk with same ID. Datacore only see one NVME

Datacore with Samsung NVme disk, that are seen with the same ID. This must be a bug from Samsung. If…

Install Windows 10 on a external media and run it.

UPDATE!! If you have ISO file with version 1809 it wont work. Tried several times in many ways but same…

Locate firmware and disk model Ubuntu

Linux find file and directories and delete

Use the first to delete directories also second only files Skip -exec and all after just to search so you dont…

Create Wifi TLS connection with Ubuntu 18.04

Depends on how the wifi is configured you need to have access to CA server (windows in this case) Login…

Add Follow Me Printer in Kali via SMB

Start Cups /etc/init.d/cups start Surf to http://127.0.0.1:631 Add Printer: Between domain and username %5C If you have space in the…

Firmware upgrade Dell XPS 13 Ubuntu

sudo su fwupdmgr refresh fwupdmgr get-updates fwupdmgr update -v or download the firmware update from dell .exe file and…

Kali curl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4: version `CURL_OPENSSL_3′ libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2)

Error when patching latest version /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4: version `CURL_OPENSSL_3′ apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys D1DAC98AF575D16E Adding this and downgrade the curl…

MobilityGuard Tips och Tricks

Create http headers Base 64 encode mgpwd X-TEST PARM{base64encode(PARM[mgpwd])} MD5 Sum…

Expand vmdk in webclient could not complete task

When expand the vmdk from webclient, it breaks and error message could not complete. Then the VM gets invalid in…

Vsphere 6.7 Whats New small words

Full list: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/rn/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-67-release-notes.html The vSphere 6.7 release is the final release of vCenter Server for Windows In-Guest unmap with snapshots…

Powercli Vsphere

Get VM list from a datstore Get-datastore | Where {$_.name -like ‘*DATASTORE01*’} | Get-VM Find snapshots Get-Snapshot -vm * -name…

Unable to live vmotion server betweenesxi hosts

/etc/vmware/vpx/vpxa.cfg stop vpxa on the host (/etc/init.d/vpxa stop) Replace the hostname with host management IP in the vpxa.cfg file. start…

How to install PowerCli on Kali

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add – Add source deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/debian/stretch/prod stretch main sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y powershell pwsh…

Space Reclaim in words

Thin Disks VM server Windows 50GB Disk C:\ Guest Zero in guest WILL fill the disk sdelete -z C:\ VMDK…

After migrating from 5.5 Windows to 6.5 Appliance you get Certificate error in Profile-Driven Storage.

This is not used after 6.0. You will see a warning in VirtualCeneter that you have a certificate warning. And…

Upgrade to 6.5 from 5.5 gets update manager unknown error

To resolve this I did patch 5.5 first, reboot and then I was able to upgrade.

The host returns esxupdate error code:12. cannot read or write to the database. check the update manager log files and esxupdate log files for more details.

When remmidate you get this error. I installed the patches that I can stage. Stuck on Next step: esxcli…

Create USB bios bootble

geteltorito firmware.iso > firmware.img dd if=firmware.img of=/dev/sdb