penetration testing

NT OBJECTives announced NTO SQL Invader, a free tool which provides pen testers and developers the ability to quickly and easily exploit and demonstrate SQL Injection …

At SANS London 2011, Europe’s largest IT security training event, NetWars will be launched for the first time in the UK. NetWars participants compete in a mock …

Have you always wondered about how penetration testing is performed, but never had the opportunity to ask a professional about it or to witness him (or her) at work? If that's …

Codenomicon released Defensics X, the latest version of their security and robustness testing software. The update introduces better coverage through infinite test case …

Rapid7 launched Metasploit Community Edition: a new free addition to the Metasploit family of software solutions, which help security and IT professionals identify and …

Have you ever spent ages trying to find the results of a particular portscan you were sure you did? Or grepping through a bunch of files looking for data for a particular host …

Wireless technologies are inherently insecure and can be easily broken. BackTrack is a penetration testing and security auditing distribution that comes with a myriad of …

BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a …

WebSurgery is a suite of tools for security testing of web applications. It was designed for security auditors to help them with the web application planning and exploitation. …

Tools used for penetration testing are often purchased off-the-shelf. Each tool is based on a programming language like Perl, JavaScript, Python, etc. If a penetration tester …

SecureState released a new auxiliary module for the Metasploit Framework that can reduce the amount of time that it takes to visually fingerprint large amounts of web servers. …

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 …