Erwin Bierens

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How to install BeEF on Ubuntu

2016-04-26 2 min read Security Erwin Bierens
BeEF stands for The Browser Exploitation Framework. It is a great penetration testing tool that focuses on the web browser. Amid growing concerns about web-borne attacks against clients, including mobile clients, BeEF allows the professional penetration tester to assess the actual security posture of a target environment by using client-side attack vectors. Unlike other security frameworks, It looks past the hardened network perimeter and client system, and examines exploitability within the context of the one open door: the web browser. Continue reading

Deleted Facebook

2016-04-22 2 min read Privacy Erwin Bierens
From a lot of Facebook to No Facebook At the beginning of this year, I removed my Facebook profile. Here’s what drove that decision. Social Life Using the FB apps was a daily routine in my life. I checked it getting out of bed, while eating breakfast, while driving to work, during work, while watching TV and before going to sleep. I was always online. Sometimes I closed the app on my phone, only to reopen it two seconds later — it became a natural reaction, a process that you can call addiction. Continue reading

A Complete List of Microsoft Azure Tools

2016-04-15 7 min read Azure Erwin Bierens
I just needed all of the Azure links in one page for connecting, troubleshooting etc.. Please let me know if you miss something! Management & Monitoring Tools Azure CLI (by Microsoft) – provides a set of open source, cross-platform commands for working with the Azure Platform. The Azure CLI provides much of the same functionality found in the Azure Management Portal, such as the ability to manage websites, virtual machines, mobile services, SQL Database and other services provided by the Azure platform. Continue reading

How to connect an iPhone to Fortigate firewall for tunneling

2016-01-27 3 min read Fortigate Security Erwin Bierens
This article provides a sample IPSec VPN configuration for use with iPhone and iPad. I’ve tested the following on a Fortigate 60C with FortiOS v4.0 MR3 Patch 9 and v5.0,build3608 (GA Patch 7) but I think it will work even with previous firmware versions. This is the only way to connect an iPhone or an iPad with a Tunnel VPN, because the FortiClient APP only supports Web Bookmarks. Let’s go! Create User 1 Continue reading

Travel router with automatic IPVanish VPN connection

2016-01-08 4 min read Privacy Erwin Bierens
GL-iNet AR150 Travel Router Recently is bought a little mini router/firewall/accesspoint (Travel Router) on dealextreme.com. I was looking for a simular device as the TP-Link WR703N, wich I already own. I found this little device called the GL.Inet GL-AR150. The device has 2 ethernet ports, WAN and LAN (both PoE) and there is a Atheros 9331 (same as WiFi Pineapple Mark V) WiFi chipset on board. So I ordered and yesterday received it by mail. Continue reading

OneDrive For Business/SharePoint Sites Trouble shooting

2015-11-18 2 min read OneDrive SharePoint Erwin Bierens
OneDrive For Business/SharePoint Sites Trouble shooting Syncing problems with Office 365 SharePoint sites – sometimes they’re easy to resolve and sometimes they are very difficult, tedious and nearly impossible to resolve (unless you are very well acquainted with SharePoint-speak and have some pretty deep networking/IT/Microsoft knowledge). This is the story of how I resolved a tough (for me), syncing issue with O365 SharePoint sites. Problem The problem: client said some of their SharePoint sites would not finish syncing. Continue reading

CheatSheet Powershell

2015-10-11 1 min read Powershell Erwin Bierens
PowerShell CheatSheet! Getting crazy from all the site’s on the internet for Powershell commands, combining these sites on this cheat page PowerShell Basic Cheat Sheet – Audience new to PowerShell, vaguely familiar with CLI and/or scripting PowerShell Cheat Sheet – Audience familiar with PowerShell, CLI and scripting Some randon cheat sheets on the internet PowerShell 3.0 Quick References Guide – PowerShell Magazine Mastering PowerShell – Dr. Tobias Weltner PowerShell 2.0 One Cmdlet at a time – Jonathan Medd PowerShell ISE v3 – PowerShell Magazine WQL via PowerShell – Ravikanth Chaganti A Layman’s Guide to PowerShell Remoting – Ravikanth Chaganti Secrets of PowerShell Remoting – Don Jones, Dr. Continue reading
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