Windows Registry Many programming languages support the concept of local and global variables, where local variables are limited in scope and global variables are usable anywhere in the code. An o...
WIN32 APIs The Windows operating system, and its various applications are written in a variety of programming languages ranging from assembly to C# but many of those make use of the Windows-provid...
How to create a Macro First, we’ll open Microsoft Word on the Windows 11 victim machine and create a new document. We’ll navigate to the View tab and select Macros to access the Macro menu. We ...
Using a combination of HTML5 and JavaScript to sneak malicious files past content filters is not a new offensive technique. This mechanism has been incorporated into popular offensive frameworks su...
SQLite DB To save structured data, such as contact information or to-do lists, we can leverage the iOS Core Data framework. It provides a convenient API for storing data in different store types s...
Realm DB Realm DB is an alternative to SQLite for storing structured data in mobile applications. It is object-oriented, which means that the database internally uses objects that map to the mobil...
Plist File Plist files use an XML format and can be stored in plaintext ASCII or as a proprietary packed file format intended to reduce the file size. These binary files require the use of a suppo...
iOS Keychain Dumper Since the Keychain stores sensitive information, attackers are naturally interested in accessing its contents. We can use the iOS Keychain Dumper tool, to dump the contents of ...
Firebase DB Contrary to SQLite and Realm DB, which store data locally, Firebase is a cloud database. It allows developers to collect data from many application users and store it online in JSON fo...
Binary Cookies Some iOS applications display web content inside WebView components. Webpages often require cookies for mechanisms such as automatic reconnection. iOS applications save these WebVie...
