Research and Development

Tools

The purpose of this tool is to catch crashes from OS X applications and print debugging information such as registers, disassembled code and a memory dump of the stack. The intended use is with the conjunction of an application fuzzer. Continue reading

There are a number of ways to own a webapp. In a shared environment, an attacker can enumerate all the applications accessible and target the weakest one to root the server and with it all the webapps on the box. To try and emulate this approach on a pentest, we have to find ALL THE VHOSTS. Continue reading

At the outset of an external infrastructure test it’s often useful to ensure that the addresses you’re testing are correct, and actually owned by the client. Failure to do so can result in an awkward situation, and one we here at Portcullis Labs would like to avoid wherever possible. With this in mind, we’ve learned to whois… like a boss. Continue reading