Kali Linux

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

We are happy to announce the release of Kali Linux 2017.2, available now for your downloading pleasure. This release is a roll-up of all updates and fixes since our 2017.1 release in April. In tangible terms, if you were to install Kali from your 2017.1 ISO, after logging in to the desktop and running ‘apt update && apt full-upgrade’, you would be faced with something similiar to this daunting message: 1399 upgraded, 171 newly installed, 16 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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Penetration Testing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

FireEye Labs Obfuscated String Solver Rather than heavily protecting backdoors with hardcore packers, many malware authors evade heuristic detections by obfuscating only key portions of an executable. Often, these portions are strings and resources... The post flare-floss v3.0.1 releases: Automatically extract obfuscated strings from malware appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Scary Beasts Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined Dropbox as their new Head of Security. Truth be told, I ’ve been here a little while and I’ve been enjoying on-boarding too much to make the announcement. If you were wondering why my blog has been quiet for a while, now you know why! I exited a fun period of semi-retirement to take up this challenge. What attracted me to Dropbox enough to make the switch?

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

On September 21st, 2017, Daniel Therrien, Canada’s Federal Privacy Commissioner, tabled his annual report to Canada’s Parliament today. The report […].

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The Falcon's View

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Today marks the end of my first week in a new job. As of this past Monday, I am now a Manager, Security Engineering, with Pearson. I'll be handling a variety of responsibilities, initially mixed between security architecture and team management. I view this opportunity as a chance to reset my career after the myriad challenges experienced over the past decade.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

On September 21 st , 2017, Daniel Therrien, Canada’s Federal Privacy Commissioner, tabled his annual report to Canada’s Parliament today. The report to Parliament includes results and recommendations with respect to the OPC’s study on consent. In addition, the Commissioner requests Parliament overhaul Canada’s federal private sector legislation – the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

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