7MS #279: Patching Solutions Bake-Off - Part 4

7MS #279: Patching Solutions Bake-Off - Part 4

Intro

The patching solutions review concludes this week with Ivanti's patch solution, as well as PDQ Deploy/Inventory.

As a quick reminder, here's where our bake-off currently sits:

Quick reminder: none of these solutions are bribing me with fat wads of cash to plug their products. Some day I hope to have such problems, but today is not that day.

Ivanti

You might know Ivanti as Shavlik - that's the product name I'm more familiar with anyways. Back in February, Shavlik became Ivanti.

Pros
  • Pretty easy to install and manage - even without a deep background in IT (in today's episode I tell a story that can back this claim based on my experience)

  • Does a solid job of applying patching Windows OS and third party

Cons
  • Pricing is a little steep - last figures I saw were ~$80 per server, per year and ~$40 per workstation, per year.

  • ITScripts library (that allows for GPO-style policy enforcement) is a little slim when compared to similar functionality offered from other solutions

PDQ Deploy/Inventory Pros
  • Lets you crazy with building custom packages you can deploy to granular groups

  • Awesome online help resources, including a YouTube video library that's got a video for just about everything

  • Quick response to support tickets

Cons
  • A bit more complicated to get comfortable with than the other solutions

  • A little confusing on the Windows patching side - not quite as "point and patch" as some of the other solutions

  • Agentless system - machines have to be able to "see" the PDQ

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7MS #660: Baby's First Hetzner and Ludus

7MS #660: Baby's First Hetzner and Ludus

I had an absolute ball this week spinning up my first Hetzner server, though it was not without some drama (firewall config frustrations and failing hard drives).  Once I got past that, though, I got my first taste of the amazing world of Ludus.cloud, where I spun up a vulnerable Microsoft SCCM lab and have started to pwn it.  Can’t say enough good things about Ludus.cloud, but I certainly tried in this episode!

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7MS #659: Eating the Security Dog Food - Part 8

7MS #659: Eating the Security Dog Food - Part 8

Today I’m excited about some tools/automation I’ve been working on to help shore up the 7MinSec security program, including: Using Retype as a document repository Leveraging the Nessus API to automate the downloading/correlating of scan data Monitoring markdown files for “last update” changes using a basic Python script

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7MS #658: WPA3 Downgrade Attacks

7MS #658: WPA3 Downgrade Attacks

Hey friends, today we cover: The shiny new 7MinSec Club BPATTY updates A talk-through of the WPA3 downgrade attack, complemented by the YouTube livestream

17 Jan 32min

7MS #657: Writing Rad Security Documentation with Retype

7MS #657: Writing Rad Security Documentation with Retype

Hello friends!  Today we’re talking about a neat and quick-to-setup documentation service called Retype.  In a nutshell, you can get Retype installed on GitHub pages in about 5 minutes and be writing beautiful markdown pages (with built-in search) immediately.  I still absolutely love Docusaurus, but I think Retype definitely gives it a run for its money.

10 Jan 20min

7MS #656: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying - Part 21

7MS #656: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying - Part 21

Happy new year friends! Today we talk about business/personal resolutions, including: New year’s resolution on the 7MinSec biz side to have a better work/life balance New training offering in the works Considering Substack as a communications platform A mental health booster that I came across mostly by accident

3 Jan 45min

7MS #655: Happy Hacking Holidays

7MS #655: Happy Hacking Holidays

Today we’re doing a milkshake of several topics: wireless pentest pwnage, automating the boring pentest stuff with cursor.ai, and some closing business thoughts at 7MinSec celebrates its 7th year as a security consultancy.  Links discussed today: AWUS036ACH wifi card (not my favorite anymore) Panda PAU09 N600 (love this one!) The very important Github issue that helped me better understand BPFs and WPA3 attacks TrustedSec article on WPA3 downgrade attacks

30 Dec 202458min

7MS #654: Tales of Pentest Pwnage – Part 67

7MS #654: Tales of Pentest Pwnage – Part 67

Today we’ve got some super cool stuff to cover today!  First up, BPATTY v1.4 is out and has a slug of cool things: A whole new section on old-school wifi tools like airmon-ng, aireplay-ng and airodump-ng Syntax on using two different tools to parse creds from Dehashed An updated tutorial on using Gophish for phishing campaigns The cocoa-flavored cherry on top is a tale of pentest pwnage that includes: Abusing SCCM Finding gold in SQL configuration/security audits

13 Dec 202441min

7MS #653: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying – Part 20

7MS #653: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying – Part 20

Hey friends, today we’re talking about tips to effectively present your technical assessment to a variety of audiences – from lovely IT and security nerds to C-levels, the board and beyond!

6 Dec 202449min

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