In this video we discuss the use of the Windows tool Bruter. This tool, similar to how movies portray hacking, attacks web services by guessing passwords against the system.
We also discuss what this means for your role as a security engineer. How you can identify this type of activity, and how to protect your organization

In this video we cover the basics of how to manage Cisco routers using Ansible. From the inventory file, to the playbooks, we walk through how to connect, run simple tasks, and modify configurations.

In this video I briefly describe how to download the Cisco CSR1000V, a virtual router from Cisco and install it in a Hyper-V virtual machine. This is a great alternative to using physical routers in an all-virtual environment, or when learning about Cisco and how to configure the IOS.

NOTE: I do not know the full legal implications of running Cisco IOS in a virtual environment. If you do this, please research the licensing requirements yourself

In this video, we show how easy it is for hackers to utilize a compromised system to attack other systems in the "trusted" network. By pivoting, or routing through the compromised system, the entire internal network is vulnerable to attacks.
We then discuss options on how to further secure the internal environment to make this pivoting more difficult to the attacker.

In this video we use the information learned from our NMAP scan of a host to attack the web server. Specifically, we walk through the process of using Armitage, a GUI front-end to Metasploit, to attack the machine.
We then discuss how attackers can easily use these tools, and ways for security engineers to protect their environments.

This video walks through using the tool NMAP to scan a target. We then review the output of the command, along with some internet searching, to identify potential vulnerabilities to the system scanned. We then discuss ways to improve potential vulnerabilities to the system.

This video shows how an attacker could potentially compromise a low-priority system, and then use that system to attack more critical systems/services. This pivoting highlights the need to maintain the entire environment, and possibly stop trusting your own systems.

A walk-through of the process a hacker may perform to duplicate legitimate websites. This duplicated website can then be used to lure unsuspecting traffic to harvest/steal credentials

A brief walkthrough of using Ansible ad-hoc commands to create users on remote systems. This walks through the process of creating users, generating password hashes, and removing the users.
Additionally, this video highlights a common error that may occur that stop the passwords from being passed properly

An introduction to systems management and automation in Ansible. This video includes the installation of Ansible, configuring of the initial inventory file, and performing ad-hoc commands. Then, we create our first playlist with a few simple plays to show how Ansible works