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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

“Certifications range from penetration testers , government/industry regulatory compliance , ethical hacking , to industry knowledge,” he said. It’s designed for incident handlers, incident handling team leads, system administrators, security practitioners, and security architects.

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What Are the Best Cybersecurity Certifications in 2023?

SecureWorld News

Certifications are achieved by completing exams and courses which test the individual's aptitude. Some courses are tailored to a specific discipline, while others may be broader, covering areas such as network security , ethical hacking, and more. Below are five of the key benefits of working toward a cybersecurity certification.

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Just What Does It Take to Develop a Career in the Cybersecurity Domain?

IT Security Guru

Here’s a brief overlook of the kind of specializations you can earn if you decide to take a plunge into cybersecurity: Penetration testing (or, pentesting). System Administrator (or, sysadmin). Security Architecture. Secure Software Development. Secure DevOps. IoT (Internet of Things) Security.

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Russian-speaking cybercrime evolution: What changed from 2016 to 2021

SecureList

Applications have become more complex, their architecture better. It could be compromised directly or by hacking the account of someone with access to the website management. To make matters worse, with the development of penetration-testing tools and services, the dark market saw the rise of new malicious tools.

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New Linux/DDosMan threat emerged from an evolution of the older Elknot

Security Affairs

They are not aiming servers with x32 or x64 architecture but the router devices that runs on Linux too.” But let’s see what are the execution binaries and what an administrator will see because this analysis IS for rise the system administration awareness: Code execution: execve("/tmp/upgrade""); // to execute upgrade.

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Happy 10th anniversary & Kali's story.so far

Kali Linux

Longer history lesson Knoppix - Initial two weeks work Whoppix (White-Hat and knOPPIX) came about as the founder, @Muts, was doing an in-person air-gap network penetration test lasting for two weeks in 2004. Being a system administrator, a patch could contain a security update to stop a vulnerability.

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