penetration testing

Reconnaissance should always be the first stage of a cyber attack or penetration test, and the success of these attempts is usually closely tied with the quality of …

CORE Security released CORE Impact Pro 2013, the latest version of its vulnerability assessment and penetration testing software, that allows organizations to proactively test …

The Browser Exploitation Framework (BeEF) is a penetration testing tool that focuses on the web browser. BeEF allows penetration testers to assess the actual security posture …

Nmap 6: Network exploration and security auditing cookbook will help you master Nmap and its scripting engine. You will learn how to use this tool to do a wide variety of …

Ahead of SANS London 2012, Europe’s largest IT security training event, a top security expert and trainer is warning that a big challenge and knowledge gap for …

CORE Security released the latest version of CORE Impact Professional vulnerability assessment and penetration testing software, that allows organizations to proactively test …

BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely native environment dedicated to …

Nearly a year ago, Facebook introduced its bug bounty program, inviting security researchers to poke around the site, discover vulnerabilities that could compromise the …

In the same way that a hardware keylogger may remain undetected by office workers, Power Pwn – a newly created piece of hardware resembling a power strip or surge …

This video by Paul Asadoorian shows you how to enable and use the Nessus plugins which identify mobile devices and vulnerabilities from your MDM (Mobile Device Management) servers.

Rapid7 introduced the means to increase vulnerability management efficiency by leveraging intelligence from its penetration testing solution, Metasploit Pro, to validate …

A simple but serious MySQL and MariaDB authentication bypass flaw has been revealed by MariaDB security coordinator Sergei Golubchik, and exploits targeting it have already …