Krebs on Security

JANUARY 31, 2020

11, 2019, two security experts at a company that had been hired by the state of Iowa to test the physical and network security of its judicial system were arrested while probing the security of an Iowa county courthouse, jailed in orange jumpsuits, charged with burglary, and held on $100,000 bail. On Thursday Jan. Image: Wikipedia.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As that definition spans the cloud and data centers, and on-premises, mobile and web users, application security needs to encompass a range of best practices and tools. Web application scanners test your websites and web-facing apps for vulnerabilities. These tests typically use vulnerability scanners.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 3, 2023

Penetration testing (pentesting) is one of the fundamental mechanisms in this area. Vulnerability testing, in turn, aims to pinpoint flaws in software and helps understand how to address them. Bug bounty programs are usually limited to mobile or web applications and may or may not match a real intruder’s behavior model.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

The core group we’re focused on for the purposes of this group test are products that largely replace the function of an OSINT assessment, an external network vulnerability assessment and some portions of a penetration test. To see specific methodology used for the reviews in this category, click here.

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Veracode Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

s important to note that no one testing type can uncover every flaw. s necessary to employ a mix of testing types. A good way to think about AppSec testing types is to compare them to health exams. t have a cholesterol test and assume your annual physical was complete. You wouldn???t However, it can???t like Veracode ???

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2022

Linux has an extensive range of open-source distributions that pentesters, ethical hackers and network defenders can use in their work, whether for pentesting , digital forensics or other cybersecurity uses. See the Best Penetration Testing Tools. In any case, it is strongly recommended to use VMs (virtual machines).

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Being constantly connected to the internet, they are either protected by basic passwords or, in some cases, have no password protection at all. Once a medical device is in use, manufacturers must follow a different set of guidelines focused on cybersecurity management.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 8, 2019

Android users – and I’m one – are well-advised to be constantly vigilant about the types of cyberthreats directed, at any given time, at the world’s most popular mobile device operating system. However, our analysts were able to detect it because apps using these libraries waste the user’s battery and make the device slower.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Virtual patching uses policies, rules and security tools to block access to a vulnerability until it can be patched. In those cases, security teams can block a potential attack path until a permanent fix can be found. In those cases, security teams can block a potential attack path until a permanent fix can be found.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 20, 2018

It is unfortunately the case that a large percentage of security breaches against cloud platforms are due to basic security negligence. Vulnerability scanning and penetration testing can help to identify weaknesses and areas where networks have not been configured correctly. Related: Getting Identity Access Management right.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

About the Author: Larbi OUIYZME Cybersecurity Consultant and Licensed Ham Radio Operator since 1988 with prefix CN8FF, deeply passionate about RF measurement, antennas, satellites, Software-defined radio, Digital Mobile Radio and RF Pentesting. Are there any interesting case studies?

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Espionage and Political Motives In some cases, hackers may target organizations or governments for espionage or political reasons. State-sponsored hacking is a growing concern, with governments using cyberattacks to gather intelligence, disrupt infrastructure, or compromise national security.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Often, you’ll need to use application scanning software to find indicators of an XSS attack. To learn whether you’re vulnerable, you should conduct testing on your web apps, stay alert for clear signs of an attack, and use software solutions to look for vulnerabilities in your code and apps.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2022

Industry research reveals that 80% of tested web apps contain at least one bug. For example, if a mobile game app is being developed, research which attack vectors are most often exploited to compromise these types of applications. Perform static analysis software testing (SAST) to discover bugs and vulnerabilities in the app code.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

They’re setting standards, enforcing policies, building business cases, attaining budgets, gaining support of initiatives, securing their estate, drawing in top diverse talent, and retaining them.These CIOs and CISOs understand the growth challenges as more people come online and technology adapts. billion) is expected online.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

Some use hard-coded algorithms in error grouping. Others use a machine learning grouping engine to spot error patterns and types. While companies tend to run lots of pre-production tests, there can be a diminishing return, and it slows down release cycles. How they go about it differs from tool to tool.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2019

With cloud, containers, IoT, OT, and mobile devices the enterprise technology infrastructure is expanding really, really rapidly while the policies and processes that we have in place to manage these risks are falling behind.”. Their rigid design remains well-suited to structured, on-premise business processes.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It encompasses functions such as testing patches, prioritizing them, deploying them, verifying that they are installed in all endpoints, and in general looking after every aspect of patching. Well-known critical flaws like Log4j and ProxyShell continue to be exploited even though fixes have been available for a year or more in some cases.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

Non-mobile statistics. Mobile statistics. The attackers were using this to hide a last-stage Trojan in the file system. The attackers use these tools to inject code into any process of their choosing. This is probably a component of an unknown post-exploitation toolkit exclusively used by ToddyCat. Other malware.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Penetration testing is a critically important cybersecurity practice, but one that many organizations lack the on-staff skills to do themselves. Fortunately, there are many pentesting services out there that can do the job for them across a range of budgets and needs.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 12, 2023

Certifications are achieved by completing exams and courses which test the individual's aptitude. Certified professionals often earn 20% more than their counterparts who have not completed the relevant tests and exams. based on reviews on Coursera) Cost: Free [link] 2.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 10, 2021

percent of apps tested had at least one Common Weakness Enumerations (CWEs). It reduces app risks by plugging vulnerabilities and preventing bad actors from getting the opportunity to penetrate IT resources through security weaknesses. The OWASP Top 10 update brings Broken Access Control to the top from its previous position of fifth.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2021

Hardcoded secrets have always been a problem in organizations and are one of the first things I look for during a penetration test. The researcher discovered a pair of basic authentication credentials used to access Cloudinary. Using regexes. To put this into context, let’s look at an instance of hardcoded credentials.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

To help more people to become penetration testers, Kim Crawley and Phillip L. By that I mean the jumping over barbed wire fences, the crawling through ventilation ducts, the putting on of makeup to look like that woman from headquarters most people only see from emails -- you know, the John McClane in DIE HARD aspects of pen testing.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

To help more people to become penetration testers, Kim Crawley and Phillip L. By that I mean the jumping over barbed wire fences, the crawling through ventilation ducts, the putting on of makeup to look like that woman from headquarters most people only see from emails -- you know, the John McClane in DIE HARD aspects of pen testing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

This culture has given rise to a large number of personal devices like mobile phones, laptops, and tablets that can easily access sensitive information. In that case, it negatively affects the company’s reputation. Regularly monitor and assess systems using inexpensive security tools to detect and respond to threats in real-time.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Expanding attack surfaces require additional skills to secure, maintain, and monitor an ever-expanding environment of assets such as mobile, cloud, and the internet of things (IoT). Email security deploys tools , uses techniques, and implements protocols such as SPF , DKIM , and DMARC to prevent threats delivered via email and attachments.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We also review what pushed cybercriminals to transform their operations into the now well-known malware-as-a-service model — the use of cloud servers, the decreasing relevance of custom malware and the subsequent emergence of small, agile teams. The industries affected included everything from IT to retail, from oil and gas to healthcare.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 20, 2023

After surveying trusted penetration testing sources and published pricing, the cost of a penetration test for the average organization is $18,300. and different types of penetration tests (black box, gray box, white box, social engineering, etc.).

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SC Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

A woman speaking on a mobile phone walks past a cloud computing presentation ahead of the CeBIT technology trade fair in 2012. These warnings underscore the growing importance of shifting security left – a DevSecOps philosophy that encourages testing for flaws and vulnerabilities earlier in an app’s development lifecycle.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 21, 2021

They are located at different points in the network, and in most cases, are administered by different teams. In short, WAF is designed to protect specific instances of web applications/services that use the HTTP protocol family as transport. It is impossible to effectively counter such attacks using the mechanisms provided in NGFW.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2022

To create a convenient consumer experience, they have invested growing amounts of revenue into “fintech” that makes payment transactions and transfers behind the seamless processes that we know and use today. Therefore, financial products that are used to transfer money and personal data are an attractive attack surface for cybercriminals.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 12, 2021

Q1/21 a symposium was hosted in the US under the title ‘ Thinking Outside the SCIF ’ (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) to put forward the case for the utilisation of OSINT (Open Source) within the US Military and Intelligence Communities. Fig 2 – EXIF Data. Fig 3 – Crossmatch Facial Recognition.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This article is going to explore cybersecurity considerations surrounding drone platforms through an initial review of drone market trends, popular drone hacking tools, and general drone hacking techniques that may be used to compromise enterprise drone platforms, including how drone platforms themselves may be used as malicious hacking platforms.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Network security is an umbrella term for all facets of your network’s cybersecurity posture, with an emphasis on developing and using policies, procedures, best practices and tools that safeguard every piece of your network’s overall infrastructure.

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Kali Linux

AUGUST 10, 2015

Our Next Generation Penetration Testing Platform We’re still buzzing and recovering from the Black Hat and DEF CON conferences where we finished presenting our new [Kali Linux Dojo](](/docs/development/dojo-mastering-live-build/), which was a blast. ISOs for the first time. Kali Linux 2.0 ARM Images & NetHunter 2.0

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

It really didn’t concern commercial organizations until the late 1990s, until the widespread use of the World Wide Web made it possible for organizations to suffer data breaches or denial of service attacks. You’ll want someone with years of pen testing experience, some one who knows the operating system like no other.

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