penetration testing
Penetration Tester’s Open Source Toolkit
Great commercial penetration testing tools can be very expensive and sometimes hard to use or of questionable accuracy. This book helps solve both of these problems. The open …
OpenLeaks calls on hackers to attack its test site
Since Daniel Domscheit-Berg’s public disagreement with Julian Assange and his decamping from WikiLeaks, there hasn’t been a secure place for whistleblowers to drop …
Penetration testing for mobile phones
Core Security announced the Core Impact Pro v12 penetration testing software, a commercial-grade solution that pinpoints security exposures in Android, BlackBerry and iPhone …
First SIEM and penetration testing integration
NitroSecurity and Rapid7 announced the pairing of NitroSecurity’s NitroView with Rapid7’s Metasploit Pro 4.0 solution, in order to enable security operations …
Metasploit Pro 4.0 released
Rapid7 launched Metasploit Pro 4.0, a penetration testing solution that provides security professionals with a better view of their threat landscape by integrating with more …
Hacking a mature security program
Most organizations are used to standard penetration tests. However, companies that have been increasing their overall security posture proactively through years of program …
NetSecL Linux 3.2 released
NetSecL is a hardened, live and installable operating system based on OpenSuse suitable for desktop/server and penetration testing. Once installed you can fully enjoy the …
Metasploit 3.7.2 adds 11 new exploits
Metasploit is a free, open source penetration testing solution. Metasploit now ships with 698 exploit modules, 358 auxiliary modules, and 54 post modules. 11 new exploits, 1 …
Web Application Attack and Audit Framework 1.0 released
The Web Application Attack and Audit Framework’s (w3af) goal is to create a framework to find and exploit web application vulnerabilities that is easy to use and extend. …
BackTrack 5 released
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 …
Metasploit 3.7 released
Metasploit, the open source penetration testing solution, just reached version 3.7. Metasploit users will notice an immediate improvement in product response time. Customers …
Metasploit Pro 3.6 released
Metasploit brings an enhanced command-line feature set for increased proficiency and detailed PCI reports with pass/fail information for a view of compliance posture with PCI …
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