penetration testing

In order to protect credit card data, sometimes businesses have to think like a hacker. Every year, merchants who transmit, process, or store payment card data must conduct a …

By carrying out “white hat’ attacks to identify potential entry points in the externally facing parts of an organization’s IT network, such as its firewalls, …

Trigger-happy attackers looking for additional ways to bring websites to their knees by means of a DoS attack have been given another tool that can aid in their efforts: …

This book is primarily intended for penetration testers who want to widen their skill set to include the knowledge of how to perform testing with small, low-powered devices …

Offensive Security, the security training company behind Kali Linux, the popular Debian-based OS designed for digital forensics and penetration testing, and Kali community …

Do you work in counter surveillance or physical penetration testing? The physical security field in general? If yes, have you considered using a thermal imaging camera to help …

Large companies such as Google and Facebook have dedicated teams that review bug submissions, verify valid bugs and reward security researchers, but that can be time and …

It’s a widely known fact that Google Search is a valuable tool for attackers looking for a way into organizations’ information systems. “Google …

We know that the human element is often the weakest link in the security chain, and that attackers - whether they are after money, user information, corporate or state secrets …

Core Security announced the latest version of the Core Attack Intelligence Platform, which consolidates, prioritizes and validates the overwhelming quantity of vulnerabilities …

There are many people out there fascinated by the idea of penetration testing, but they believe they could never learn to do it, or haven't got a clue on where to start. This …

Freelance security researcher Claes Spett has made available a tool he dubbed “PDF Exploit Generator,” which allows penetration testers – but also malicious …