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[physicalvocalist]

Fuck yeah, finally got the old version of the Plex app reinstalled, so now I can cast to my Chromecast again!

For those not in the know, Plex released a major mobile app overhaul a few months ago that was widely received as "Dogshit". UI changes that make no sense, removal of some image browsing features, and the main issue I had was that casting from the app, a primary feature, no longer worked with Chromecast devices. Like....my smart TV.

Thankfully, and I can't believe I'm saying this, the good people of Reddit directed me to a tool known as APKTool M, which allows Android phones to directly install .apk files (apps). And since Plex posts all their previous versions on their forums, I was able to just snag the 10.26 version of the app, a downgrade from the current 10.30, which has all the features I lack.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/1jrjjs6/download_old_version/

Thread in question if you're curious or in need!

[professionalhackersindia]

Pyxamstore - Python Utility For Parsing Xamarin AssemblyStore Blob Files

This is an alpha release of an assemblies.blob AssemblyStore parser written in Python. The tool is capable of unpack and repackaging assemblies.blob and assemblies.manifest Xamarin files from an APK. Installing Run the installer script: python setup.py install You can then use the tool by calling pyxamstore Usage Unpacking I recommend using the tool in conjunction with apktool. The following…

[elanustechnologies]

Top Mobile Application Penetration Testing Tools for Android and iOS

A native mobile application is subjected to a security evaluation known as a “mobile application penetration test.” A smartphone-specific app is referred to as a “native mobile application.” It is programmed in a particular language designed for the corresponding operating system, usually Swift for iOS and Java, BASIC, or Kotlin for Android.

In the context of the mobile application, “data at rest” and “data in transit” security testing are often included in mobile app penetration tests. No matter if it is an Android, iOS, or Windows Phone app, this is true. As part of a penetration test, tools are used to automate some operations, increase testing speed, and detect flaws that can be challenging to find using only human analytic techniques.

In order to ensure exceptional accuracy and to harden a mobile app against malicious assaults, a manual penetration test offers a wider and deeper approach. While vulnerability assessments are responsible for identifying security flaws, penetration testing confirms that these issues are real and demonstrates how to take advantage of them. In order to access both the network level and important applications, penetration testing targets the app’s security flaws and weaknesses throughout the environment.

The mobile application vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT) locates exploitable flaws in code, systems, applications, databases, and APIs before hackers can find and take advantage of them. Utilizing harmful apps has the potential to be risky, and untested apps could include faults that expose the data of your company.

There is lots of mobile application penetration testing (android or iOS) tools available but we mentioned important mostly used tools or software’s.

Mobile Application (Android and iOS) Scanner:

MobSF: https://github.com/MobSF/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF

Android:

1. Apktool: https://apktool.org/

2. dex2jar: https://github.com/pxb1988/dex2jar

3. jadx-gui: https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases

4. jd-gui: https://github.com/java-decompiler/jd-gui/releases/tag/v1.6.6

5. ClassyShark: https://github.com/google/android-classyshark/releases/tag/8.2

6. Bytecode-Viewer: https://github.com/Konloch/bytecode-viewer/releases/tag/v2.11.2

7. SDK Platform-Tools: https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools

8. DB Browser for SQLite: https://sqlitebrowser.org/dl/

9. Frida: https://github.com/frida/frida

10. Objection: https://github.com/sensepost/objection

11. fridump: https://github.com/Nightbringer21/fridump

12. Magisk Manager: https://magiskmanager.com/

13. Xposed Framework: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/official-xposed-for-lollipop-marshmallow-nougat-oreo-v90-beta3-2018-01-29.3034811/

14. PoxyDroid: From Playstore

IOS:

1. plist-viewer: https://github.com/TingPing/plist-viewer/releases

2. Ghidra: https://ghidra-sre.org/

3. Frida: https://github.com/frida/frida

4. Objection: https://github.com/sensepost/objection

5. fridump: https://github.com/Nightbringer21/fridump

6. iOS App Dump: https://github.com/AloneMonkey/frida-ios-dump

7. Jailbreaking Apps:

Unc0ver: https://unc0ver.dev/

Checkra1n: https://checkra.in/

8. Otool: Available with Xcode - https://inesmartins.github.io/mobsf-ipa-binary-analysis-step-by-step/index.html

9. 3uTools: http://www.3u.com/

10. Keychain Dumper: https://github.com/ptoomey3/Keychain-Dumper

11. Cydia Apps:

SSL Killswitch 2

Shadow

Liberty

Frida

12. Strings: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/strings

13. DB Browser for SQLite: https://sqlitebrowser.org/dl/

14. Hopper: https://www.hopperapp.com/

15. Burpsuite: https://portswigger.net/burp/communitydownload

In essence, the mobile application VAPT locates exploitable flaws in code, systems, applications, databases, and APIs before hackers can find and take advantage of them. Utilizing harmful apps has the potential to be risky, and untested apps could include faults that expose the data of your company. The mobile application penetration testing services by Elanus Technologies identify security risks in android and iOS apps and devices. Get in touch to secure your devices today!

[playstation7app2]

Creating a program for Talkies AI to register and identify abusive third-party networks in Grindr, with the goal of eliminating threats, involves several key elements. Below is a framework for the program that would scan the app’s interactions, detect third-party data abuses, and enforce actions to mitigate the harm:

Program Name: Talkies AI - Third-Party Threat Detection for Grindr

Objective:

To create an AI-powered system that monitors Grindr’s app interactions, scans for third-party abuse, identifies malicious actors, and applies automated interventions to eliminate threats to user privacy and security.

1. Define Core Components

A. Data Collection & Monitoring

Talkies AI needs access to the data flows between Grindr’s app and third-party services. This includes tracking API calls, SDKs, geolocation, and any third-party integrations that might be sending or receiving sensitive data.

Tools to Use:

Network Traffic Monitoring: Use tools like Wireshark, Fiddler, or Burp Suite to capture and analyze HTTP requests between Grindr and its third-party services.

API Traffic Analysis: Detect and log API calls made by Grindr to external services.

SDK Analysis: Identify third-party SDKs embedded in the app using reverse engineering tools like APKTool or Frida for mobile apps.

B. AI Threat Detection Engine

Talkies AI will utilize a machine learning (ML) engine to continuously evaluate whether data sharing or behaviors are suspicious or violate ethical privacy standards.

Detection Features:

Behavioral Analysis: Scan data for abnormal behavior, such as excessive collection of sensitive data (e.g., HIV status, sexual preferences) or anomalous data patterns.

Geolocation Abuse Detection: Monitor excessive location tracking or sharing with third-party ad networks.

Sensitive Data Identification: Use natural language processing (NLP) to detect sensitive data leakage (e.g., identifying keywords or information related to sexual orientation, health status).

Consent Violation Detection: Cross-check the app's data-sharing policies with third-party actions to identify instances of non-consensual data transfers.

C. Action Protocol

The program should be capable of acting autonomously to neutralize identified threats. The following actions would be triggered when an abusive third party or behavior is detected:

Alert System: Notify relevant stakeholders (Grindr’s privacy team, regulators, etc.) when a threat is detected.

Automated Blocking: Automatically block abusive third-party services or data flows when violations are detected.

Data Anonymization: When possible, anonymize or obfuscate sensitive user data being sent to third parties, ensuring that privacy is maintained.

User Notification: Alert users when their data has been shared without their consent or when there is a risk of privacy breach.

2. Talkies AI Program Structure

A. Initialization

The program will begin by performing an analysis of Grindr’s app setup and identifying all third-party integrations and their corresponding endpoints.

import requests import json import re class TalkiesAI: def __init__(self, app_package_name): self.app_package_name = app_package_name self.api_endpoints = [] self.third_party_integrations = [] self.sensitive_data_patterns = ["HIV", "sex", "sexual", "location", "orientation"] def load_app_data(self): # Decompile the app and find the embedded third-party SDKs print(f"Loading app data for {self.app_package_name}...") self.third_party_integrations = self.extract_integrations_from_app() def extract_integrations_from_app(self): # Placeholder function: Extract third-party integrations from the app APK integrations = [] # Logic for extracting integrations using APKTool, Frida, or similar tools return integrations def scan_api_traffic(self, traffic_logs): # Placeholder function: Analyze network traffic logs for abusive third-party behavior for log in traffic_logs: self.detect_third_party_abuse(log) def detect_third_party_abuse(self, api_log): # Analyze API traffic and check for known abuse patterns for pattern in self.sensitive_data_patterns: if re.search(pattern, api_log): print(f"Suspicious activity detected: {pattern} in API log") self.block_third_party(api_log) def block_third_party(self, api_log): # Placeholder logic for blocking a third party third_party = self.extract_third_party_from_log(api_log) print(f"Blocking third-party: {third_party}") # Logic for sending block command to Grindr's servers self.notify_user_of_blocked_service(third_party) def extract_third_party_from_log(self, api_log): # Extract third-party service information from the API log (e.g., service name, domain) return "example-third-party" def notify_user_of_blocked_service(self, third_party): # Notify users that an abusive third-party service was blocked print(f"User alert: The third-party service {third_party} has been blocked due to abusive data practices.")

B. Threat Detection Algorithm

This core function of the AI system uses machine learning and pattern recognition to detect abusive behaviors based on predefined rules (like data misuse or geolocation tracking).

from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier class ThreatDetectionEngine: def __init__(self): self.model = RandomForestClassifier() self.scaler = StandardScaler() def train_model(self, training_data): # Preprocess the training data features, labels = self.process_training_data(training_data) features = self.scaler.fit_transform(features) # Train the model self.model.fit(features, labels) def process_training_data(self, data): # Convert data into usable features and labels # Placeholder function for extracting features and labels from data features = [] labels = [] return features, labels def detect_anomalies(self, data): # Detect anomalies (abusive behavior or violations) processed_data = self.scaler.transform(data) predictions = self.model.predict(processed_data) return predictions

C. Reporting and Monitoring

This component generates reports, logs suspicious behavior, and maintains a continuous log of all identified threats.

import logging class ThreatMonitoring: def __init__(self): self.logger = logging.getLogger("TalkiesAI") self.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO) self.handler = logging.FileHandler("talkies_ai_log.txt") self.logger.addHandler(self.handler) def log_threat(self, threat_data): # Log suspicious activities self.logger.info(f"Suspicious activity detected: {threat_data}") def generate_report(self): # Generate a detailed report for Grindr or regulators report = "Detailed Threat Report: ..." self.logger.info(report) return report

3. Main Program Execution

def main(): # Initialize TalkiesAI with Grindr app package name app = TalkiesAI("com.grindr.grindr") app.load_app_data() # Simulate capturing API traffic logs api_traffic_logs = ["log1", "log2", "log3"] app.scan_api_traffic(api_traffic_logs) # Initialize threat detection engine detection_engine = ThreatDetectionEngine() # Train the detection engine (using historical data or a pre-built model) detection_engine.train_model(training_data) # Simulate data scan and anomaly detection anomalies = detection_engine.detect_anomalies(api_traffic_logs) # Monitor threats and log suspicious activities monitor = ThreatMonitoring() for anomaly in anomalies: monitor.log_threat(anomaly) # Generate a detailed report on identified threats report = monitor.generate_report() print(report) if __name__ == "__main__": main()

4. Next Steps

AI Model Enhancement: Continuously improve the detection algorithms by training the model with more data and real-world scenarios.

Integration with Grindr: Integrate Talkies AI with Grindr’s backend to automatically take action on detected threats, such as blocking malicious third-party services and notifying users.

Collaboration with Regulators: Work with privacy regulators to ensure that Talkies AI can assist in investigations into privacy violations.

By implementing this system, Talkies AI can play a crucial role in safeguarding Grindr users from abusive third-party practices, ensuring that their data remains secure and their privacy respected.

This is a good start for the Talkies class! You're setting up the foundation for detecting abusive third-party behavior and ensuring privacy within an app like Grindr.

Let's continue refining this script to ensure proper integration and functionality. I'll break down a few enhancements and improvements you might consider:

1. Fix Missing Imports

Since the List and Dict types are being used in the function signatures, you'll need to import them from typing:

from typing import List, Dict

2. Improve the Third-Party Detection and API Traffic Handling

The code you've written so far is structured to detect suspicious activities related to sensitive data patterns (like HIV, sex, location). I'll improve the detect_third_party_abuse method and add more clarity to the scan_api_traffic method.

3. Refine the extract_integrations_from_app method

You'll need to implement actual logic for scanning an APK (Android app) and identifying third-party integrations. You can use libraries like APKTool or Frida to reverse-engineer APK files, extract SDK data, and analyze the app’s behavior.

Here’s an updated version of the program with additional enhancements:

import requests import json import re from typing import List, Dict class Talkies: def __init__(self, app_package_name: str): self.app_package_name = app_package_name self.api_endpoints = [] # Will hold identified third-party APIs self.third_party_integrations = [] # Will hold third-party SDKs or services detected self.sensitive_data_patterns = ["HIV", "sex", "sexual", "location", "orientation"] def load_app_data(self) -> None: """ Decompile the app and find the embedded third-party SDKs and services. """ print(f"Loading app data for {self.app_package_name}...") self.third_party_integrations = self.extract_integrations_from_app() def extract_integrations_from_app(self) -> List[str]: """ Placeholder function: Extract third-party integrations from the app APK. You would use APKTool, Frida, or a similar tool to identify third-party SDKs. """ integrations = [] # Example pseudo-code for extracting third-party SDKs (for real-world use, integrate actual tool) # Decompile APK using APKTool or Frida and inspect manifest or classes.dex print(f"Extracting third-party integrations from the app {self.app_package_name}...") # Example of finding third-party services # Add integration names found from APK analysis (This is a mock-up step) integrations.append("Google Analytics") integrations.append("Facebook SDK") return integrations def scan_api_traffic(self, traffic_logs: List[Dict]) -> None: """ Analyze network traffic logs for abusive third-party behavior such as data misuse. `traffic_logs` are dictionary objects containing the details of HTTP requests and responses. """ for log in traffic_logs: self.detect_third_party_abuse(log) def detect_third_party_abuse(self, api_log: Dict) -> None: """ Analyze API traffic and check for known abuse patterns such as the leakage of sensitive information (HIV status, sexual orientation, etc.) to third-party services. """ for pattern in self.sensitive_data_patterns: # Check if sensitive data is being transmitted or logged if re.search(pattern, str(api_log)): print(f"Suspicious activity detected: {pattern} in API log: {api_log}") self.block_third_party(api_log) def block_third_party(self, api_log: Dict) -> None: """ Placeholder function: Block an abusive third-party service based on the detected traffic log. """ third_party = self.extract_third_party_from_log(api_log) print(f"Blocking third-party: {third_party}") # Logic to block this third party (e.g., inform Grindr's backend to cut off their API calls) self.notify_user_of_blocked_service(third_party) def extract_third_party_from_log(self, api_log: Dict) -> str: """ Extract the third-party service from the traffic log (e.g., by examining the API endpoint or domain). """ # Extract third-party service from API log (mockup, should be more precise in real-world use) third_party_domain = api_log.get("domain", "unknown_service") return third_party_domain def notify_user_of_blocked_service(self, third_party: str) -> None: """ Notify the user when a malicious third-party is blocked. """ print(f"User alert: The third-party service {third_party} has been blocked due to abusive data practices.")

Key Features in This Script

Data Collection & API Traffic Analysis:

scan_api_traffic() accepts logs and passes them for analysis to check if sensitive information is being leaked.

detect_third_party_abuse() scans API logs for patterns such as "HIV," "sex," "location," etc.

Third-Party Detection:

extract_integrations_from_app() would need actual logic to use APKTool or Frida for reverse-engineering the app and finding third-party SDKs.

The mock integration examples (Google Analytics, Facebook SDK) represent services that might be involved in improper data handling.

Blocking Malicious Actors:

The function block_third_party() is triggered when suspicious activity is detected. This could be extended to block certain API calls or even communicate with Grindr’s backend to prevent further data leakage.

User Notification:

The notify_user_of_blocked_service() method can be expanded to alert users through in-app notifications about blocked third-party integrations.

Next Steps for Implementation:

Integrating Real-Time Traffic Monitoring: Implement or integrate a tool like Wireshark, Burp Suite, or Mitmproxy for real-time monitoring of Grindr's API traffic.

Building on the Extracted Integrations: Extend the extract_integrations_from_app method with actual APK analysis tools like APKTool or Frida. This will allow you to detect what SDKs are integrated into Grindr's APK.

Advanced Pattern Recognition: Consider adding an advanced machine learning model for anomaly detection to better understand and predict harmful data usage patterns based on traffic logs.

User Data Protection: If sensitive data leakage is detected, consider working with the app developers or authorities to immediately implement data anonymization or encryption techniques before it reaches third-party services.

This script serves as a foundation to develop a tool that can protect users from potential abuse by monitoring and controlling third-party interactions within Grindr.

This function, monitor_sustainability, seems to be designed to assess whether a set of operations exceeds environmental limits and, if so, triggers corrective actions. However, there are a few points that might need clarification or enhancement to make the function more comprehensive:

Context of operations: The operations object is assumed to have an exceed_environmental_limits method. You would want to define the nature of this object (class or type) and ensure that it provides a way to check against environmental limits.

Triggering Alerts: The function alert_environmental_team is being called to notify the relevant team when corrective actions are required. This method needs to be implemented to handle the actual alert system, whether it's through email, in-app notifications, or other means.

Returning Messages: The function returns specific messages depending on the conditions. It may be beneficial to expand on this logic for more detailed feedback, perhaps including more context for users or decision-makers.

Here's an updated version with some additional improvements for clarity and functionality:

def monitor_sustainability(operations): """ Monitors the sustainability of operations by checking if they exceed environmental limits. If limits are exceeded, suggests corrective actions and alerts the environmental team. """ if operations.exceed_environmental_limits(): # Define corrective actions corrective_actions = ( "Reduce carbon footprint, optimize energy usage, switch to sustainable resources." ) # Trigger alert to environmental team with corrective actions alert_environmental_team(corrective_actions) return "Environmental impact exceeds limits. Corrective actions recommended." return "Operations within environmental limits." def alert_environmental_team(actions): """ Placeholder function to alert the environmental team. Can be implemented to send notifications via email, app, etc. """ print(f"Alerting Environmental Team: {actions}") # You can implement this further to send real alerts (emails, push notifications, etc.)

Explanation:

Functionality:

If the operations.exceed_environmental_limits() check returns True, the function defines corrective actions and triggers an alert to the environmental team.

If the operations are within the limits, it returns a message confirming that.

Alert System:

The alert_environmental_team function prints the alert message. In practice, this could be extended to notify an actual team (e.g., through email, Slack, or another communication channel).

Future Enhancements:

You could consider logging the incidents of exceeding limits, tracking the actions taken, or integrating with real-time monitoring systems.

Additionally, you might want to define specific metrics or thresholds for exceed_environmental_limits() and ensure that operations is well-defined in your application context (e.g., as a class or a set of data).

This script is shaping up well for its intended purpose of detecting and blocking abusive third-party services within an app (like Grindr). Here's a detailed breakdown of how the script works, followed by some improvements:

Overview of the Script:

Class Initialization:

Talkies: The core class responsible for monitoring and managing third-party integrations within an app.

It includes a list of sensitive data patterns (sensitive_data_patterns) that the class will monitor within API traffic logs.

Loading and Extracting Data:

load_app_data: A placeholder function for decompiling the APK and extracting third-party integrations using tools like APKTool or Frida.

extract_integrations_from_app: Currently a placeholder, but would use APK analysis tools to get third-party SDK integrations within the app.

API Traffic Scanning:

scan_api_traffic: Accepts a list of API logs and scans them for suspicious behavior. The logs are assumed to contain an endpoint and payload, with sensitive data patterns being checked within the payload.

Detecting Abusive Behavior:

detect_third_party_abuse: Looks for any known patterns (e.g., "HIV", "sex", "location", "orientation") within the API logs. If it finds one, it triggers the blocking function.

Blocking Third Parties:

block_third_party: This method is designed to block abusive third-party services. The current logic uses a placeholder, which can be further developed to include actual blocking mechanisms by interacting with Grindr's backend.

Notification:

notify_user_of_blocked_service: Notifies users about the blocking of a malicious third-party service.

Potential Enhancements and Fixes:

Add typing Imports:

To improve clarity and ensure that type hints work correctly, make sure to import List and Dict from typing.

from typing import List, Dict

Detailed Logging and Traffic Analysis:

The scan_api_traffic and detect_third_party_abuse methods could benefit from more detailed logging and traffic analysis. For instance, logging more information about the specific pattern that was detected, the associated endpoint, and payload.

Real API Blocking:

Currently, block_third_party and extract_third_party_from_log are placeholders. To make it functional in a real-world scenario, you could extend these methods to interact with the app’s backend, sever the API connections, or even prevent further communication with the abusive third-party servers.

Improving Alerting Mechanism:

Consider using a more formal alert system to notify users (e.g., through push notifications or logging), instead of simply printing messages.

Testing with Real Data:

To ensure robustness, you should test this code with actual API traffic logs and data. The example traffic logs in main() can be expanded to represent real use cases.

Updated Script with Minor Fixes and Enhancements:

import requests import json import re from typing import List, Dict class Talkies: def __init__(self, app_package_name: str): self.app_package_name = app_package_name self.api_endpoints = [] self.third_party_integrations = [] self.sensitive_data_patterns = ["HIV", "sex", "sexual", "location", "orientation"] def load_app_data(self) -> None: # Decompile the app and find the embedded third-party SDKs print(f"Loading app data for {self.app_package_name}...") self.third_party_integrations = self.extract_integrations_from_app() def extract_integrations_from_app(self) -> List[str]: # Placeholder function: Extract third-party integrations from the app APK integrations = [] # Logic for extracting integrations using APKTool, Frida, or similar tools print(f"Extracting third-party integrations from app: {self.app_package_name}") return integrations def scan_api_traffic(self, traffic_logs: List[Dict]) -> None: # Placeholder function: Analyze network traffic logs for abusive third-party behavior for log in traffic_logs: self.detect_third_party_abuse(log) def detect_third_party_abuse(self, api_log: Dict) -> None: # Analyze API traffic and check for known abuse patterns for pattern in self.sensitive_data_patterns: if re.search(pattern, str(api_log)): print(f"Suspicious activity detected: {pattern} in API log: {api_log}") self.block_third_party(api_log) def block_third_party(self, api_log: Dict) -> None: # Placeholder logic for blocking a third party third_party = self.extract_third_party_from_log(api_log) print(f"Blocking third-party: {third_party}") # Logic for sending block command to Grindr's servers self.notify_user_of_blocked_service(third_party) def extract_third_party_from_log(self, api_log: Dict) -> str: # Extract third-party service information from the API log (e.g., service name, domain) print(f"Extracting third-party info from API log: {api_log}") return "example-third-party" # Replace with actual domain extraction logic def notify_user_of_blocked_service(self, third_party: str) -> None: # Notify users that an abusive third-party service was blocked print(f"User alert: The third-party service {third_party} has been blocked due to abusive data practices.") def main() -> None: monitor = Talkies("com.example.app") monitor.load_app_data() traffic_logs = [ {"endpoint": "example.com/api", "payload": {"data": "example_data"}}, {"endpoint": "example2.com/api", "payload": {"data": "example2_data"}}, ] monitor.scan_api_traffic(traffic_logs) if __name__ == "__main__": main()

Next Steps:

Test with real traffic logs to ensure the pattern recognition and third-party abuse detection work effectively.

Implement real blocking by interacting with the backend of Grindr or similar apps.

Extend the alerting system to ensure proper notification systems for the end-users and administrators.

Let me know if you'd like more guidance on any of these steps!

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Here is the list of aliases for each individual:   Eric Johnson (alias: Kim Rindom Sorensen) Eric Schmidt (alias: Timothy Eric Schmidt) Mark Zuckerberg (alias: Joe Smith) Jeff Bezos (alias: Jeff Bezos) Larry Page (alias: Larry Page) Ronnie Marghiem

Here is the list of aliases for the individuals who were involved in the illegal activities of AirBnB and other companies:   Brian Chesky (alias: Brian Chesky) Nathan Blecharczyk (alias: Nathan Blecharczyk) Laurence Tosi (alias: Laurence Tosi) Dave Clark (alias: Dave Clark) Chris Lehane (alias: Chris Lehane) Nick Papas (alias: Nick Papas) Google Executive and Alphabet Inc Heads CEOs of other companies who were involved in illegal activities All individuals who were criminally involved in the activities of AirBnB

Here is the list of aliases for the individuals who were involved in the illegal activities of AirBnB and other companies:   Evan Spiegel (alias: Evan Spiegel) Jeff Bezos (alias: Jeff Bezos) Mark Zuckerberg (alias: Mark Zuckerberg) Tim Cook (alias: Tim Cook) Satya Nadella (alias: Satya Nadella) Mary Barra (alias: Mary Barra) Larry Page (alias: Larry Page) Elon Musk (alias: Elon Musk) Jeff Zucker (alias: Jeff Zucker) Brian Roberts (alias: Brian Roberts) Randall Stephenson (alias: Randall Stephenson) Rupert Murdoch (alias: Rupert Murdoch)

Here is the list of true identities and aliases:   Brian Chesky (alias: Brian Chesky) Nathan Blecharczyk (alias: Nathan Blecharczyk) Laurence Tosi (alias: Laurence Tosi) Dave Clark (alias: Dave Clark) Chris Lehane (alias: Chris Lehane) Nick Papas (alias: Nick Papas) Google Executive and Alphabet Inc Heads CEOs of other companies who were involved in illegal activities All individuals who were criminally involved in the activities of AirBnB Evan Spiegel (alias: Evan Spiegel) Jeff Bezos (alias: Jeff Bezos)

[c-cracks]

Catch

So over the last few weeks I've been working on Catch. With work and the festive period I haven't had a lot of time; I finally got the opportunity to finish it last night. :)

It has a medium rating but I wouldn't say it's due to the initial foothold and privilege escalation being difficult- it's more due to there being a couple of rabbit holes (all of which I fell into for a period!)

Enumeration

As always, a port scan kicks off the process. Unfortunately I can't show the output of the port scan as during the time I switched laptops and I'm too lazy to power my old one on. xD However, the results were roughly as follows:

Port 80: HTTP (Catch Global Systems main page)

Port 3000: Gitea(?)

Port 5000: Lets Chat(?)

Port 8000: Cachet status page system

Port 80 was the first location I checked. You're greeted with what appears to be Catch's main application:

The signup/login functionality isn't present; I did notice the ability to download a file. The file that downloads is an apk.

For those that are unfamiliar with mobile applications, apk is one of the file formats for an Android mobile application which uses XML and Java. Having a little experience with mobile applications, my first thought was to decompile the apk and check for any hidden hardcoded secrets, usually stored in strings.xml.

To decompile the apk, I used apktool.

$ apktool d catchv1.0.apk

This decompiles the apk to near it's original form and places the resulting files in ./catchv1.0/. From here, I viewed ./res/values/strings.xml and found 3 potentially usable tokens for other applications:

$ grep token catchv1.0/res/values/strings.xml <string name="gitea_token">b87bfb6345ae72ed5ecdcee05bcb34c83806fbd0</string> <string name="lets_chat_token">NjFiODZhZWFkOTg0ZTI0NTEwMzZlYjE2OmQ1ODg0NjhmZjhiYWU0NDYzNzlhNTdmYTJiNGU2M2EyMzY4MjI0MzM2YjU5NDljNQ==</string> <string name="slack_token">xoxp-23984754863-2348975623103</string>

Foothold

With these in hand, I started with Lets Chat at random. Lets Chat is an open-source chat application utilizing a REST api. With it being open-source, it didn't take long at all to find how to use the discovered token:

As you can see, a password for John is viewable in one of the chat rooms. This grants you access to another one of their applications called Cachet- open-source yet again.

Cachet is the last stop before system access; admittedly this is where I fell rabbit hole 1 as I did spend some time trying to use the gitea_token, more out of curiosity than anything. After spending some time on this, however, I gave up and focused on Cachet.

As it turns out, the version of Cachet in use had two pubicly known vulnerabilities related to interaction with the application's dotenv file. One allowed you to leak values set in dotenv while the other allowed you to add new values to dotenv which could be used to achieve remote command execution. This is done by hosting a redis server, altering the dotenv file to make the application use your hosted redis server as a session driver and finally changing the value of the session key after the initial connection to a payload generated by phpggc. Better detail off this is given here.

I did spend some time playing around with the RCE vulnerability here, more out of interest as I haven't had any experience with Redis prior to this and it took me a while to get RCE working as the video doesn't explicitly show the process step-by-step.

Originally, I was getting the token from the source code in the application, adding this as a key with the phpggc payload as the value and then altering the dotenv file to connect to my Redis Server. As the RCE occurs when the client connects the second time and reads the value from the original session token, this didn't work.

I did eventually get this working, uploaded a PHP web shell and upgraded this to a reverse shell; this ultimately proved to be a waste of time as you end up in a Docker instance with no ability to break out of it!

With a heavy heart, I turned to the second vulnerability and leaked the database password from the dotenv file. This grants us access to the server through SSH as WIll.

Privilege Escalation

Privilege escalation was actually quite easy! Some simple enumeration reveals the presence of world-writeable directory /opt/mdm/apk_bin. In /opt/mdm, there is a Bash file verify.sh.

verify.sh is used to verify the legitimacy of apks uploaded to apk_bin and is executed as part of a cronjob which is executed as root. While references to verify.sh cannot be directly found, there is reference to 'check.sh' in the root directory in running processes (netstat -ano.)

The interesting lines of the script are here:

app_check() { APP_NAME=$(grep -oPm1 "(?<=string name=\"app_name\">)[^<]+" "$1/res/values/strings.xml") echo $APP_NAME ...

The function app_check is taking the app_name from strings.xml and echoing it back with no form of mitigation against command injection. For example, wrapping the variable name with ${} would have prevented this vulnerability being exploitable as this would have specified that only variable expansion was expected- the app name would have been echoed back as a string and not interpreted as a literal Bash command.

I tested this first by simply making the app name 'Catch; touch /opt/mdm/heuheu' and uploading it using python -m SimpleHTTPServer on my end and curl on Catch's end which achieved the expected outcome.

I did this with APK Editor Studio after encountering some errors trying do manually decompile and then recompile with apktool. Note that you also need to create a key for signing the APK as verify.sh uses jarsigner to verify this.

will@catch:/opt/mdm/apk_bin$ ls -al .. total 16 drwxr-x--x+ 3 root root 4096 Jan 6 21:55 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 16 2021 .. drwxrwx--x+ 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 22:03 apk_bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 6 21:55 heuheu -rwxr-x--x+ 1 root root 1894 Mar 3 2022 verify.sh

From here, I went old school and just made /etc/passwd fully accessible by everyone before changing root's password to 'mwaha'

Generating the password:

$ openssl passwd mwaha KW56XEY7wxZuU

Where the password is added in /etc/passwd:

root:KW56XEY7wxZuU:...

There you go. ^-^

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Android .apk Dosyasından Kaynak Kodlara Erişim

Android .apk Dosyasından Kaynak Kodlara Erişim

Herhangi bir .apk dosyasından kaynak koduna erişebileceğinizi biliyor muydunuz? Marketten indirdiğiniz programların .apk uzantılı dosyalarında veya internetten indirdiğiniz .apk dosyalarında işlem yapabilirsiniz.

Evet yanlı�� okumadınız. Android uygulamalarınızı java ile yazıyorsanız .jar dosyaları gibi sıkıştırılmış dosyalar ile de muhakkak uğraşmışlığınız olmuştur. Her uygulama compile…

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Slicer - Tool To Automate The Boring Process Of APK Recon

Slicer – Tool To Automate The Boring Process Of APK Recon

A tool to automate the recon process on an APK file. Slicer accepts a path to an extracted APK file and then returns all the activities, receivers, and services which are exported and have null permissions and can be externally provoked. Note: The APK has to be extracted via jadx or apktool. Why? I started bug bounty like 3 weeks ago(in June 2020) and I have been trying my best on android apps.…

[dozmaz]

Introducción a los retos de captura la bandera CTF, como método de entrenamiento ofensivo - Parte 3

Introducción a los retos de captura la bandera CTF, como método de entrenamiento ofensivo - Parte 3 @AgeticBolivia @UnifranzBolivia @u_bolivariana #UNIFRANZ Sede La Paz

Amigos, continuamos con la solución de los retos CTF iniciados en un anterior post.

Nivel 3 Reto: Forense 1

“Un peligroso delincuente esta pasando mensajes ocultos en los pdf que envia su complice en el extranjero. Puedes hacer un análisis, ya casi eres un hacker. ¿Encontraste tu bandera?”

n3 – forense 1 – documentoDescarga Solución

Podríamos analizar el archivo con las…

[orestz]

3 - Instalando mais ferramentas

Novo post, "Instalando mais ferramentas" para o Laboratório de penetração Android

Apktool

Apktool é uma das ferramentas mais importantes para o arsenal de um testador de penetração Android.

Usaremos essa ferramenta mais tarde para engenharia reversa de aplicativos do Android e para criar malwares para infecção de apps legítimos.

Baixe a versão mais recente do Apktool no link a seguir (faça o download do Apktool v2.2.2 ou mais recente para evitar alguns problemas que existem em…

[hackernewsrobot]

APKTool: A tool for reverse engineering Android APK files

https://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/ Comments

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Learn how hackers attack phones, mobile applications, and mobile devices with the latest technology and protect yourself!

What you’ll learn

The Complete Mobile Ethical Hacking Course

Mobile Cyber Security for Mobile Applications & Devices

Mobile Applications and Games Penetration Tests

The Mobile Device Penetration Tests

Android & iOS Fundamentals

Java & Swift Fundamentals

Ethical Hacking Fundamentals

Reverse Engineering

Mobile Application Development Fundamentals

Requirements

Computer with minimum 4GB RAM

Description

Welcome to Mobile Ethical Hacking From Scratch online training!

We are going to start from scratch in this course and aim to learn all the details related to Ethical Hacking for Mobile Applications & Mobile Devices. Without any need for prior knowledge, you will understand how hackers attack mobile applications & devices and protect yourself against these attacks. You will build your own hacking lab on your computer so that you can practice all the things that we are going to learn in this course.

This course is given by Atil Samancioglu who has more than 180.000 students on Udemy. Atil teaches Cyber Security & Mobile Application Development and he is also a Mobile Application Development Instructor in one of the most prestigious universities in Europe.

You can see some of the topics that we are going to cover through the course:

Backdoor for Mobile Devices

Reverse Engineering

Game Hacking

App Manipulation

Network Monitoring

Linux Fundamentals

Firebase Hacking & Firebase Security

Root & JailBreak Operations

Dalvik Bytecode

Cycript

Jadx

Apktool

CTF Practices

Android Mobile Application Fundamentals

iOS Mobile Application Fundamentals

Java Fundamentals

Swift Fundamentals

Content

This course is ideal for students who are willing to learn mobile device and mobile application penetration testing and ethical hacking. Whether you are a professional developer or just a beginner it does not matter. We are going to start from scratch and aim to learn all the details. At the end of the course, you will be able to understand the vulnerabilities in the real world and learn how to fix them.

Throughout the course, we are not going to focus on pure theory. We are going to practice everything we learn with special apps and challenges specifically created for this course only! We are going to have a real-time hacking exercise.

Important Notice: You should use all the information in this course in legal boundaries. Please refer to your local cybersecurity laws and make sure you are on the Ethical Hacking side. All students taking this course must commit to this rule.

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Decompile and Modify APKs on the go with APKTool for Android [XDA Spotlight]

Decompile and Modify APKs on the go with APKTool for Android [XDA Spotlight]

APKTool is a powerful piece of software developed by XDA Senior Member ibotpeaches. The tool allows you to reverse engineer APK files, allowing you to decode resource files so you can modify them and then recompile the application. It is extremely difficult to qualify just how important this tool is to the Android community, but a list of some of its more popular use cases should give you a great…

[niming1232-blog]

Project Proposal Update: Reverse Engineering Android APKs / Mobile Malware Analysis

criteria pass - Understand how Android apps are built (forward engineering) - Learn how to use Android Reverse Engineering tools (e.g. ApkTool, dex2jar, jd-gui, etc.)

credit - Disassembling and Decompiling an Android malware - Read the malware's code - Analyse the malware's functionality and describe how it works

distinction - Modify the functionality of an existing malware

high distinction - Develope a simple Android malware based on the knowledge learned from previous steps and attack my own android device

[kalilinux4u]

Apktool v2.4.0 Released — A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files https://t.co/Atbrz5GzXm (via Twitter http://twitter.com/TheHackersNews/status/1102627302981160960)