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How Cobalt Strike Became a Favorite Tool of Hackers

eSecurity Planet

Cobalt Strike was created a decade ago by Raphael Mudge as a tool for security professionals. Indeed, the tool can assess vulnerabilities and run penetration tests , while most tools on the market cannot do both. Vulnerability assessment and pentesting are two different things. Cobalt Strike Attacks Make Headlines.

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Cyber Security Accessibility for Small Businesses

Pentester Academy

Some of the world’s largest companies like Sony, Adobe and NASA have fallen victim to hackers. Hackers see small businesses as easy targets because smaller businesses often-times do not have the infrastructure, training, or bandwidth that larger companies have at their disposal. We’ve all seen headlines in the news about cyber attacks.

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CTEM: The First Proactive Security Innovation in 20 Years

NopSec

My partners, Michelangelo Sidagni and Shawn Evans, always advocate the mentality of “think like a hacker.” Enterprises, large or small, on average own between 20 and 100+ security tools. It is no longer a tooling problem, it is a data problem. Each scanning tool has its own methods of defining severity levels.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: So You Want To Be A Pentester

ForAllSecure

Wylie wrote The PenTester BluePrint: Starting A Career As An Ethical Hacker. Often when I talk to people about pentesting, it’s the same problem. But what does the day to day look like for the average pentester? She is also the co-author of The Pentesting Blueprint, from John Wily and Co., I mean really?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: So You Want To Be A Pentester

ForAllSecure

Wylie wrote The PenTester BluePrint: Starting A Career As An Ethical Hacker. Often when I talk to people about pentesting, it’s the same problem. But what does the day to day look like for the average pentester? She is also the co-author of The Pentesting Blueprint, from John Wily and Co., I mean really?

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Oh no! A client failed a pen test. Now what?

Webroot

Did my tools cause the failure Has the MSP soured its relationship with its client? Others will immediately start pointing fingers at the tools that were identified in the pen test report. Review your tools configurations. Often, a security tool is designed to identify, evaluate and/or stop bad actors along the threat chain.

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Mainframe Mania: Highlights from SHARE Orlando 2024 

NetSpi Executives

I had the pleasure of attending this year’s SHARE Orlando 2024 where I learned about the state of mainframe security today and the in-demand skills needed to protect these critical systems. All an attacker needs is one weakness to prevail, and these are the situations I am here to identify and report for eradication.