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SANS Holiday Hack Challenge – Part II

Herbie December 28, 2015 December 28, 2015Challenges

So continuing from my original post about the SANS 2015 Hack Challenge, here is my quick write up about exercise two. Exercise 2 ========== > What operating system and CPU type are used in the Gnome? What type of web framework is the Gnome web interface built in? – System – DISTRIB_ID=’OpenWrt’ – DISTRIB_RELEASE=’Bleeding Edge’ – DISTRIB_REVISION=’r47650′ – DISTRIB_CODENAME=’designated_driver’ – DISTRIB_TARGET=’realview/generic’ – DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=’OpenWrt Designated Driver r47650′ – DISTRIB_TAINTS=” – CPU: ARM version 1 (SYSV) – Gnome web framework: Looks to be node.js > What kind of a database engine is used to support the Gnome web interface? What is the plaintext password…

SANS Holiday Hack Challenge – Part I

Herbie December 23, 2015 December 28, 2015Challenges, Packet Analysis

I figured that I would try and attempt to do the annual SANS Holiday Hack Challenge this year while things were slow at work (knock on wood). So after working on this for 2-3 days, I have managed to knock out the first of the questions: 1) Which commands are sent across the Gnome’s command-and-control channel? 2) What image appears in the photo the Gnome sent across the channel from the Dosis home? The way I got the answers for this first set of problems was not “creative” by any stretch of the imagination. If anything it was just manually…