penetration testing

A zero-day vulnerability affecting the last version of Backtrack Linux has been spotted by a student during an Ethical Hacking class organized by the InfoSec Institute. The …

Maltego is a platform developed to deliver a clear threat picture to the environment that an organization owns and operates. The unique perspective that Maltego offers to both …

Raul Siles is a senior security analyst with more than 10 years of expertise performing advanced security services. He is a SANS Institute author and instructor of penetration …

Metasploit Framework (MF), the open source tool for launching exploits against remote machines, is a well-loved instrument that allows penetration testers to automate routine …

A great number of multifunction printers of have the ability to integrate within a corporation’s business environment and connect to its email systems, its file systems, …

2011 was a tough year for Sony. Having been attacked over 20 times by hacktivists going after its websites, the PlayStation Network, its customers’ and company …

ElcomSoft updated its Phone Password Breaker and Wireless Security Auditor with OpenCL support, adding support for the latest AMD Radeon Graphics and ensuring universal …

A group of researchers from the University of Michigan has recently attacked and managed to compromise the Washington, DC Digital Vote by Mail Internet voting system, proving …

Rapid7 announced that the new version of Metasploit 4.2 allows users to fully test whether IPv6 addresses on their network are vulnerable to cyber attacks. This is …

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 8 (WVS) echoes years of counter-hacking experience through its new ability to lock hackers out by integrating scan results into …

Tenable Network Security announced Nessus 5.0, a vulnerability and configuration assessment solution for enterprises and security professionals. Nessus 5.0 delivers introduces …

Codenomicon released the Fuzz-o-Matic cloud-based software security Testing-as-a-Service (TaaS) platform for enterprise software and applications running on Windows, Linux, …