Penetration Testing

JULY 24, 2024

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), the maintainers of the widely-used BIND Domain Name System (DNS) server software, has released critical security updates to address four high-severity vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2021

Forescout Research Labs last month released a 14-page white paper and a 47-page research report detailing 33 vulnerabilities affecting millions of Internet of Things (IoT), Operational Technology (OT), and IT devices. The four TCP/IP protocol layers are the link layer, internet layer , transport layer, and application layer.

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Penetration Testing

JULY 26, 2024

Researchers have discovered a new critical vulnerability in the Domain Name System (DNS), which enables a specialized attack termed “TuDoor.”

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This blog examines the escalating phishing landscape, shortcomings of common anti-phishing approaches, and why implementing a Protective DNS service as part of a layered defense provides the most effective solution. This staggering figure represents more than 59 percent of the losses from the top five most costly internet crimes worldwide.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 19, 2024

Attack surface sprawl is a growing challenge with 76% of organizations experiencing some type of cyberattack that started through the exploit of an unknown, unmanaged, or poorly managed internet-facing asset. Active discovery is performed on all identified assets for ports, technologies, certificates, vulnerabilities, DNS records, etc.,

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Pen Test

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Introduction As we navigate through the complexities of modern cybersecurity penetration testing (pentesting) remains a crucial practice for organisations and individuals alike. Network Configuration: Opt for “NAT” if you require internet access within Kali or “Host-Only” to keep your lab completely isolated.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 12, 2024

OSINT allows hackers to leverage data from the internet, social media, databases, and other open channels to uncover potential vulnerabilities. Maltego works by using "transforms" to extract data from a range of online sources such as DNS records, whois databases, social media, and web pages. Why Use Maltego?

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

For effective DDoS defense, priority for patching and updates should be placed on devices between the most valuable resources and the internet such as firewalls, gateways , websites, and applications. Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) or ping requests. For more information, see How to Prevent DNS Attacks. Anti-DDoS Tools.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. DDoS attacks on single networks or websites render them unavailable, but DDoS attacks on DNS resolvers bring down all networks and websites using that DNS resource.

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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. Penetration tests will discover some of these gaps, but also have a few shortcomings.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2021

The least common of SQL injection attacks, the out-of-band method relies on the database server to make DNS or HTTP requests delivering data to an attacker. . . . Testing for SQL Injection Vulnerabilities. Also Read: Best Penetration Testing Software for 2021. . Perform Regular Auditing and Penetration Testing.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. The internet of things (IoT), operations technology (OT), and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) also now connect to networks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

DNS subdomain scanning is a useful tactic to discover internet-exposed SaaS application portals and their APIs. As an added bonus, subdomain scanning can help you shed light on what potentially sensitive information about customers, subsidiaries, and partners you may be exposing to the internet. It does not make sense.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Networks connect devices to each other so that users can access assets such as applications, data, or even other networks such as the internet. Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning should be used to test proper implementation and configuration. and similar features will often be unwatched.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Server: Provides powerful computing and storage in local, cloud, and data center networks to run services (Active Directory, DNS, email, databases, apps). Endpoint: Enables access for human users and computer services and commonly includes PCs, laptops, Internet of Things (IoT), and operational technology (OT).

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

These complex multi-location entities often deploy local networks, virtual computing environments, cloud infrastructure, and a variety of devices that classify into the internet of things (IoT) and operational technology (OT) categories. Some even deploy applications, web servers, and containers.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Available as a free and open-source tool, Xplico’s primary objective is to extract application data from an internet traffic capture. Other significant Xplico features include multithreading, SQLite or MySQL integration, no data entry limits, and can execute reserve DNS lookup from DNS pack.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 19, 2024

Attack surface sprawl is a growing challenge with 76% of organizations experiencing some type of cyberattack that started through the exploit of an unknown, unmanaged, or poorly managed internet-facing asset. Active discovery is performed on all identified assets for ports, technologies, certificates, vulnerabilities, DNS records, etc.,

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

Burp Suite Professional provides manual penetration testing capabilities and the Burp Suite Enterprise Edition provides automated dynamic web vulnerability scanning. Surface Monitoring examines the internet-facing subdomains of an application to detect exposed files, vulnerabilities, and other non-coding misconfigurations.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

A firewall policy is a set of rules and standards designed to control network traffic between an organization’s internal network and the internet. Examples include Users, User Groups, Applications, Application Groups, Countries, IPv4/IPv6 Endpoints, Host DNS Names, and more.

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NopSec

JUNE 16, 2020

Penetration testing demands a diverse skill set to effectively navigate and defeat security controls within the evaluated environment. LLMNR is derived from DNS protocol, and is intended to enable hosts on a local network to easily perform name resolution. In most organizations a WPAD host does not exist.

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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). Penetration tests use tools and experts to probe cybersecurity defenses to locate weaknesses that should be fixed.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1988 — The Morris Worm — Robert Morris creates what would be known as the first worm on the Internet. 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. An industry expert estimates the attacks resulted in $1.2

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Penetration Testing

JANUARY 30, 2025

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has recently disclosed two critical vulnerabilities affecting BIND, its widely used Domain Name The post ISC Patches Two Vulnerabilities – CVE-2024-11187 and CVE-2024-12705 appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 12, 2021

It is here when we add the fifth dimension in the form of OSINT, that we see the clear advantage of an extra layer of Intelligence which is derived from traversing and scraping the Internet open sources. These snippets may take the form of Data Leaks , P2P Communications , Metadata extractions , GPRS and EXIF image associated data.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

This approach extends far beyond assets with an IP address, however, including everything from certificates to S3 buckets to DNS misconfigurations. This HOC is made up of offensive security experts who effectively perform miniature penetration tests as requested by customers. Company background. Maintenance.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

This approach extends far beyond assets with an IP address, however, including everything from certificates to S3 buckets to DNS misconfigurations. Total cost: Pricing is an annual subscription based on number of Internet-exposed assets with tiered discounts as the number increases. Company background.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Definition, Threats & Protections Public Internet Threats If your enterprise network is connected to the public internet, every single threat on the internet can render your business vulnerable too. These threaten enterprise networks because malicious traffic from the internet can travel between networks.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 11, 2023

That said, for a thorough pen test, Tib3rius’ company sends out devices with tools he can access remotely. So most of our apps are mostly upside tests over the internet. So originally, it was sold as sort of an entry level penetration testing exam. I could cause the server to do DNS requests.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 21, 2025

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has issued a high-severity security advisory for BIND, one of the most widely The post BIND DNS Server Vulnerable to Remote Crash appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 21, 2025

TL;DR When it comes to network security testing, internal and external penetration testing are both critical components of an organizations cybersecurity strategy. Read our article titled What is Penetration Testing? When discussing network testing specifically, two main types exist: internal and external.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Today’s columnist, David Trepp of BPM LLP, says detailed pen tests will show how systems can handle future attacks on email and other critical systems. Here’s how organizations can get the most out of pen tests: Understand how well email safeguards work. Testing should also include outbound email data loss prevention controls.

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