I would like to see the code of the website (it’s a generator,) and not a big website whatsoever. 100 daily views, maybe.
#how do I get a websites source code?
median night
high niche
Use devtools in your browser?
If it's serverside thing they're doing, you can't see that unless they published it
carmine hill
There are two parts to a website. There's the front end which you can see just by using your browser's dev tools (inspect element) or downloading the page. Then there's the backend which you can't see unless it's on a site like GitHub, which isn't super common. There are a lot of backends you can look at on GitHub though.
median night
I’ll try when I get home haha
carmine hill
This is one of our websites. It's not online right now but you can see all the code https://github.com/beginner-codes/summer-of-code-website
And here's a much simpler website we have. It's online at https://beginner.codes https://github.com/beginner-codes/website
median night
how would I get the source code of a different website though?
carmine hill
You can get the front end by downloading each page from your web browser.
high niche
Either by them publishing the backend/frontend code on Github, or using Inspect Element/Devtools which will get you the frontend code
median night
They didn’t upload it on GitHub, I checked
high niche
Then you can only get the frontend code
median night
Okay inspect element or dev tools
median night
Then I’d open in notepad..?
high niche
Or an IDE
median night
Okay!
high niche
What are you attempting to do?
median night
With the source code?
high niche
Fair enough
median night
It generates random stuff
So I wanna see how that’s created
Yknow?
Interesting for a beginner like me
high niche
Fair enough, just keep in mind you might not find what you want by downloading the frontend code
Don't know what website it is, or how they handle the generation part for whatever you're interested in
median night
Fair enough, just keep in mind you might not find what you want by downloading t...
what’s the difference between a frontend code and the source?
high niche
Frontend code: HTML/CSS/JS visible to the user when visiting the page
Backend code: Everything else that's required to host the website
median night
Oh I understand
high niche
Source code usually is everything combined
Such as the Github for the SoC website Zech linked
median night
Also, I have a quick question
After decompiling something, how would I filter out the main code in ghidra?
If you know
median night
No?
high niche
You're still trying to get the source code for the virus you got sent?
median night
Lol
high niche
Ghidra disassembles executables into ASM
So, you'd have to find the entry point and manually go through that to see what it does
median night
I used a different decompiler too
Where I have a folder of it
I’ll find it later when I use my pc
high niche
Have fun
And, still, do not download Windows executables or malware on a Windows machine
That's how you get your accounts stolen
You'd download them into a VM without shared folders, and do everything you need in there
high niche
You do not want to use any VMs the viruses can run on
A lot of the harsher malware you'll encounter will have VM escaping scripts embedded into them
So if the executable can run, it'll infect both systems
median night
So should I use Linux?
high niche
Yes, like I already told you in your other channel
median night
Ah I see
high niche
And, the virus you got is using a custom version of PyInstaller
So the header is malformed for any decompiler tools
You'd have to dive into bytecode reassembling and fixing, and figuring out how the virus was created and using what tools
But, yeah, for Ghidra you'd at least need to learn some ASM
You'd probably want to practice disassembling things with something that's not a virus
median night
And, the virus you got is using a custom version of PyInstaller
Oh?
high niche
Before you ask: No, there are no tools that can do that for you automatically
median night
You'd probably want to practice disassembling things with something that's not a...
Yeah I was doing that a tiny bit earlier lol. My friend was sending me random py files that I had to decompile and find stuff like a discord webhook.
high niche
.py files aren't compiled in the first place
median night
Before you ask: No, there are no tools that can do that for you automatically
Yes I had already searched for one hoping there would be one hahahahha
high niche
You can open those with a notepad and just read the code
high niche
That's a compressed file format
median night
Yes
high niche
You're gonna have to make your own tools to decompile whatever you got sent
high niche
Depends on what you want
high niche
Did you try:
Dev tools -> Sources?
median night
where are dev tools?
median night
i'm using edge just on a VM
median night
lolz
high niche
What kinda generator are you attempting to download??
Is there a reason you're using a VM?
median night
It generates random stuff
^
median night
Is there a reason you're using a VM?
No, I just had it open and i didn't care to close
high niche
Tells me sooooooo much
high niche
And devtools for edge are either:
F12
or
Ctrl+Shift+I
high niche
Time to start reading my dude
median night
ah i found it
nevermind lol
I found Developer Recources
No Developer Tools
it says status success?
high niche
What might that screen even look like?
median night
with a URL
high niche
Screenshot maybe?
high niche
What does the entire developer tools menu look like?
Not gonna have much help if you don't share more
Top bar, press the double arrows
Find "Sources"
What even is the "random stuff" the website is generating?
From how much you're cropping things out, makes me think it's yet again something extremely suspicious
And close out the "welcome" tab
median night
its just random stuff lolz
high niche
What "stuff"?
Bruhhhh
high niche
Those are the things you need to use
