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Offensive Security releases major update to its Penetration Testing with Kali Linux training course
Offensive Security announced a major update to its flagship Penetration Testing with Kali Linux (PWK) training course. A new, expanded curriculum The new course doubles the …
Kali Linux 2020.1 released: New tools, Kali NetHunter rootless, and more!
Offensive Security have released Kali Linux 2020.1, which is available for immediate download. Kali Linux 2020.1 key new features The popular open source project, which is …
How to detect and prevent issues with vulnerable LoRaWAN networks
IOActive researchers found that the LoRaWAN protocol – which is used across the globe to transmit data to and from IoT devices in smart cities, Industrial IoT, smart homes, …
How to test employee cyber competence through pentesting
Social engineering hacking preys on the vulnerabilities inherent in human psychology. Take the Nigerian (419) scams as an example: the scammer tries to convince the victim to …
CrackQ: Efficient password cracking for pentesters and red teamers
CrackQ employs automation to make password cracking a faster and more efficient undertaking for pentesters and red teamers. CrackQ dashboard “Regular security testing is …
Kali Linux 2019.4 includes new undercover mode for pentesters doing work in public places
Offensive Security, maintainers of the popular Kali Linux open source project, released Kali Linux 2019.4, the latest iteration of the Kali Linux penetration testing platform. …
Nmap 7.80 released: A mature Npcap Windows packet capturing driver, 11 new NSE scripts
Nmap is a free and open source utility for network discovery and security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network …
AttackSurfaceMapper automates the reconnaissance process
AttackSurfaceMapper, a new open source OSINT tool created by Andreas Georgiou and Jacob Wilkin, security consultants at Trustwave SpiderLabs, automates the process of …
Warshipping: Attackers can access corporate networks through the mailroom
Most infosecurity professionals have heard of wardialing and wardriving, but what about warshipping? The expression has been coined by IBM X-Force Red researchers to describe …
Offensive Security unveils Kali Linux roadmap
Offensive Security unveiled much of the 2019-2020 roadmap for the open source Kali Linux project, the most popular operating system used by penetration testers and ethical …
What do successful pentesting attacks have in common?
In external penetration testing undertaken for corporate clients in industrial, financial, and transport verticals in 2018, Positive Technologies found that, at the vast …
How can businesses get the most out of pentesting?
More than 4.5 billion data records were compromised in the first half of this year. If you still feel like your enterprise is secure after reading that statistic, you’re one …
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