Sophos Central Pre-Checks Script

I put this script together to be executed across 3000+ servers globally; it performs a whole bunch of checks for the required internet connectivity, including importing certificates, service states, pending reboots and failure details from previous migration attempts from on premise Sophos to cloud-based Sophos Central. As always, make sure to test on a few...

Sophos Central Server Lockdown Checks

A little script I put together to be deployed via Casper. The script is a bunch of small checks based on the recommendations of Sophos for customers looking to enable Server Lockdown. The deployment tool looks for return codes so we have $Readiness returned at the end of the script to indicate pass or fail,...

PowerShell Snippets

  A simple function to test the Tamper Protection state of SEC endpoints, returns a 1 or 0. Function TestTamper() { # "Enabled" should be the only entry in here but just in case we're specifying it $key = Get-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Sophos\SAVService\TamperProtection\ -Name Enabled return $key.Enabled }   Using NSLookup to test name resolution Just...

Python: Defeating Captcha

Some fun defeating Captcha with Python using OpenCV, PyTesseract and Numpy

PowerShell: vSphere vApp Creation

Simple PoSH script to create vApps

Ping Sweeps

Here are some useful ping sweep commands for different platforms, useful when you need something short and sweet:

Python: FTP Fuzz Script

Simple FTP Fuzzer, can be adapted for other services with a port change and a different conversation.

DNS Find & DIG

Give it a range and off it goes...

Python: ROT-13 Games

ROT13, or Rotate 13 is a super simple shift cipher where the plaintext character is simply shifted 13 positions along the alphabet whilst maintaining the case, here's a script I put together for an online hacking game, the ciphertext had to be requested via IRC PM (not included in this piece) deciphered and sent back...

Arduino Rover Tank Project

Originally posted on my blog in 2012 Here's my Arduino tank project I've been tinkering with for a while, this is the Mk1 with a very basic setup, I'll post Mk2 later which has an ultrasonic range finder and remote control to a touch screen project of mine 🙂 Here's a video I made quite...