The Basics of Web Hacking: Tools and Techniques to Attack the Web
Web security is one of the hot topics that we cover quite a lot on Help Net Security and is something that generates news and catches the interest of ever growing number of …
The IT road to hell
The past several months have been an unending nightmare for the US government and its allies, as one disclosure after another has caused unimaginable damage to relationships, …
Video: Operationalizing security intelligence in the enterprise
Many organizations say they acquire and use security intelligence for the benefit of their organizations – but few actually do this right. While security intelligence is …
How meaningful are AV tests?
Anti-malware software from vendors big and small is regularly tested by several antivirus test labs, which may result in awards and certification, but also in disappointment. …
How to sniff local network traffic on an unrooted Android device
Google Play hosts a number of applications that focus on local network traffic sniffing for Android devices, but for the majority of them you would first need to root the …
Video: Malware Management Framework
You can throw lots of time and money at scanning your systems for unknown malware, but the reality is that you will only identify a small portion of the bad stuff. Changing …
Customizing defense models to reduce the window of exposure
Most organizations already have a defense model in place that is meant to protect them from attacks, but the problem is that many use an outdated one. But the threat landscape …
Lessons learned from sinkholing the ZeroAccess botnet
ZeroAccess (or Sirefef) is a piece of malware that is very adept at hiding its existence from users, and brings in huge sums of money to its masters by performing click-fraud …
Python for web application security professionals
Python is an open source, interactive, object oriented programming language. It’s very easy to learn and an extremely powerful high level language. It runs on Windows, …
Video: Hacking back and active defense
In this DerbyCon video, John Strand will demonstrate the Active Defense Harbinger Distribution, a DARPA funded, free Active Defense virtual machine. He will debunk many of the …
Solving the dilemma of vulnerability exploitation disclosure
The subject of software and hardware vulnerability disclosure has been debate time and time again, and most agree that, if possible, vulnerabilities should first be disclosed …
WordPress security threats, protection tips and tricks
Robert Abela is a WordPress Security Professional and founder of WP White Security. In this interview he talks about the main WordPress security risks, offers tips for website …
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