penetration testing
Kali Linux 2025.3 brings improved virtual machine tooling, 10 new tools
OffSec has released Kali Linux 2025.3, the most up-to-date version of its popular penetration testing and digital forensics platform. What’s new in Kali Linux 2025.3 Better …
Automated network pentesting uncovers what traditional tests missed
Most organizations run an annual network penetration test, remediate the issues it uncovers, and move on. But attackers are probing networks every day, using publicly …
What happens when penetration testing goes virtual and gets an AI coach
Cybersecurity training often struggles to match the complexity of threats. A new approach combining digital twins and LLMs aims to close that gap. Researchers from the …
Pentesting is now central to CISO strategy
Security leaders are rethinking their approach to cybersecurity as digital supply chains expand and generative AI becomes embedded in critical systems. A recent survey of 225 …
Open-source password recovery utility Hashcat 7.0.0 released
Hashcat is an open-source password recovery tool that supports five attack modes and more than 300 highly optimized hashing algorithms. It runs on CPUs, GPUs, and other …
Artemis: Open-source modular vulnerability scanner
Artemis is an open-source modular vulnerability scanner that checks different aspects of a website’s security and translates the results into easy-to-understand messages that …
Cervantes: Open-source, collaborative platform for pentesters and red teams
Cervantes is an open-source collaborative platform built for pentesters and red teams. It offers a centralized workspace to manage projects, clients, vulnerabilities, and …
Exposure management is the answer to: “Am I working on the right things?”
In this Help Net Security interview, Dan DeCloss, Founder and CTO at PlexTrac, discusses the role of exposure management in cybersecurity and how it helps organizations gain …
Are we securing AI like the rest of the cloud?
In this Help Net Security interview, Chris McGranahan, Director of Security Architecture & Engineering at Backblaze, discusses how AI is shaping both offensive and …
We know GenAI is risky, so why aren’t we fixing its flaws?
Even though GenAI threats are a top concern for both security teams and leadership, the current level of testing and remediation for LLM and AI-powered applications isn’t …
XBOW’s AI reached the top ranks on HackerOne, and now it has $75M to scale up
XBOW has raised $75 million in Series B funding to grow its AI-driven offensive security platform. The round was led by Altimeter’s Apoorv Agrawal, with participation from …
Review: Learning Kali Linux, 2nd Edition
Kali Linux has long been the go-to operating system for penetration testers and security professionals, and Learning Kali Linux, 2nd Edition by Ric Messier aims to guide …
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