penetration testing
Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking
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 …
Tool for creating booby-trapped PDFs made public
Freelance security researcher Claes Spett has made available a tool he dubbed “PDF Exploit Generator,” which allows penetration testers – but also malicious …
Web application penetration testing with ImmuniWeb
Switzerland-based ethical hacking and penetration testing experts High-Tech Bridge recently released an interesting security product that uses a hybrid approach towards web …
Online on-demand web penetration testing service
High-Tech Bridge announced the general availability of ImmuniWeb – its web application and website security testing SaaS that enables anyone, regardless of company size, …
The story of Pwnie Express
Pwnie Express provides security testing solutions for today’s distributed enterprise and their hard-to-reach branch offices. We have met them at numerous conferences and …
Penetration testing device that fits in your pocket
Pwnie Express updated the Pwn Phone, a phone that doubles as a powerful penetration testing device making it easy to evaluate wired, wireless and Bluetooth networks. Pwn …
A hybrid approach to web app security assessment
High-Tech Bridge is introducing its hybrid web application security assessment SaaS, ImmuniWeb for the first time ever to visitors at Infosecurity Europe 2014. The service, …
Professional Penetration Testing, Second Edition
Are you interested in a career in penetration testing, and don't know where to start? Here is a book that gathers all the relevant information in one place, and gives a good …
University of Maryland sets concrete cybersecurity goals in wake of data breach
The individuals affected in the recent data breach at the University of Maryland will be getting five instead of one year of free credit monitoring, the University’s …
New free online software security training courses
The Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode), a non-profit organization working to increase trust in technology products and services through the advancement …
Penetration testing: Accurate or abused?
According to a recent Ponemon study, since 2010 cybercrime costs have climbed 78% and the time required to recover from a breach has increased 130%. On average, U.S. …
Bypassing security scanners by changing the system language
A substantial security oversight is present in a variety of penetration testing tools, and it has to do with the different languages that a computer system can be set up to …
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