Category Archives: security

How to Decrypt WhatsApp crypt8 Database Messages

WhatsApp backup conversation files are now saved with the .crypt8 extension. This means that WhatsApp has once again changed (do they ever stop??!!) the encryption algorithm used to generate the chat history message backups that are saved on the SD card.

Disable Nginx Version Number in HTTP Headers



Extract WhatsApp Password on Android

WhatsApp uses a customised version of XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) as the communication protocol. Upon installation, it creates a user account using one’s phone number (with country code prefix) as the username (Jabber ID: [phone number] A password is generated using an unknown algorithm on the server end and sent to the client. Previously the password was derived from the phone’s IMEI or the WiFi MAC address.

Session Hijacking

session hijacking wordpress

Session hijacking or cookie hijacking is a way to exploit a valid computer session and gain unauthorised access to information or services in a computer system. It mostly refers to the theft of HTTP cookies that are used to authenticate a user on a web server. In this article, I am going to show you how to perform session hijacking on a website running on WordPress.

How to Extract Unencrypted Whatsapp Chat Messages

On Android, WhatsApp stores encrypted copies of the chat messages onto the SD card. These encrypted copies are denoted by the .crypt, .crypt5, .crypt6 and .crypt7 file extensions. They are generated from the master database file stored in the following location:

How to Decrypt WhatsApp crypt7 Database Messages

WhatsApp has once again changed the algorithm to encrypt all the chat history messages saved on the SD card. This new encryption method is denoted by the .crypt7 filename extension.

Offline Heartbleed Vulnerability Scanner Tools

Numerous online Heartbleed vulnerability scanners have popped up recently. These sites claim that they are able to identify websites that are vulnerable to the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug. So what happens if one of the Heartbleed scanning websites concludes that your site is vulnerable? It means that the owners of the scanner websites know that sensitive data can be retrieved from your site by exploiting the Heartbleed bug.

How to Decrypt WhatsApp crypt5 Database Messages


Decode HTTP Basic Access Authentication
