Penetration Testing

JUNE 9, 2025

Fortinet, Check Point, CrushFTP) ShadowPad samples used malicious implants like AppSov.exe, downloaded via PowerShell and curl from compromised internal infrastructure. These implants exfiltrated sensitive files such as certificates and cryptocurrency keys via a custom PowerShell exfiltration script.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 2, 2025

Beyond the sleek interface and downloadable PDFs that trust portals provide, lets dive into what works, what doesnt, and how to make the most of trust centers in 2025. Clients could review everything from encryption standards to penetration test results on their own time.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 28, 2025

Users benefit from downloadable RoC reports, pre-filled SAQ templates, real-time compliance scoring, and intuitive risk assessment dashboards. Downloadable RoC reports and pre-filled SAQ templates. Why it stands out: Supports all PCI levels, from SAQ A to SAQ D and full RoC audits. Automated PCI DSS 4.0

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Centraleyes

MAY 8, 2025

As vendors adjust prices, so do the fees for services such as vulnerability scanning, penetration testing , and continuous monitoring. This new standard emphasizes continuous monitoring, advanced authentication methods (such as multi-factor authentication), and more frequent and rigorous penetration testing.

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Centraleyes

JUNE 19, 2025

Healthcare organizations should have their systems and policies updated to meet the revised HIPAA standards, including those related to patient access and security protocols like multi-factor authentication (MFA) and data encryption. Implement strong security practices such as encryption, MFA, and penetration testing.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 1, 2021

Metasploit—probably the best known project for penetration testing—is an exploit framework, designed to make it easy for someone to launch an exploit against a particular vulnerable target. Cobalt Strike Beacon provides encrypted communication with the C&C server to send information and receive commands.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sophos cybersecurity researchers have discovered a Python-based ransomware operation that escalated from a compromised corporate network to encrypted virtual machines in just three hours. These instructions are used to list all VMs and shut them down, necessary for starting the encryption. Faster Encryption Means Higher Risk.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” ” Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security posture unfortunately tend to focus on fixing vulnerabilities hackers could use to break in.

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Hacker's King

AUGUST 13, 2024

Android penetration testing is like a security check-up for Android apps and devices. This article will provide a beginner's guide to Android penetration testing, explaining the process in easy-to-understand language. This guide has covered the basics of Android penetration testing, helping beginners get started.

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Kali Linux

JULY 30, 2013

Flexible Penetration Testing Platform One of the major benefits of Kali Linux is that it’s not merely a bunch of tools pre-packaged into a Linux distribution. Kali is a real “Penetration Testing Platform” - and that’s not just a cool buzzword we use. Whole disk encryption during installation.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2021

One of the files is a new strain of ransomware, eight files are open-source penetration testing and exploitation tools which refers to as FiveHands, and the files are associated with the SombRAT RAT. Threat actors employes the SombRAT as part of the attack to download and execution additional malicious payloads.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 14, 2021

Encryption. Penetration Testing. Encryption. Penetration Testing. Learn more by downloading the full report here: [link]. Malware Analysis. Data Analysis. Threat Assessment. Intrusion Detection. Risk Assessment/Management. Secure Software Development. Networking. Backup and Storage. Cloud Security.

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NopSec

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

But before delving into the details, let’s give penetration testing a definition. According to the SANS Critical Control # 20, Penetration testing involves mimicking the actions of computer attackers to identify vulnerabilities in a target organization, and exploiting them to determine what kind of access an attacker can gain.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2023

GST Invoice Billing Inventory, a business accounting app for small and medium businesses with over 1M downloads has left a database open, exposing sensitive personal and corporate data up for grabs. Cybernews researchers recently discovered two instances where threat actors encrypted data found in open datasets and asked for a ransom.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2019

Once a dropper website responds stage3 is downloaded and run. From the recorded traffic it’s possible to see the following patterns: a HTTP GET request with some encrypted information to download plugin/additional stages and finally a HTTP POST to send victim’s data directly on the “attacker side”.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 31, 2023

John the Ripper is a popular password cracking tool that can be used to perform brute-force attacks using different encryption technologies and helpful wordlists. Also read: Top Open Source Penetration Testing Tools Setting Up Your Environment You’ll need a proper lab to test the command lines.

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Fox IT

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This blog will be a technical deep-dive into CyberArk credential files and how the credentials stored in these files are encrypted and decrypted. I discovered it was possible to reverse engineer the encryption and key generation algorithms and decrypt the encrypted vault password. The encryption and key generation algorithms.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

After the initial communication a dropped (downloader) is saved and executed on the infected node and in the analysis Mr. unixfreaxjp says: “ The dropped & executed downloader embedded ELF is actually the one that responsible for the persistence setup operation too. Figure 2: The C2 software for Linux DDoS.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning should be used to test proper implementation and configuration. Secure Browsing Access: Connections between users and the internet often will be encrypted using HTTPS connections, making inspection difficult or operationally burdensome for firewalls and other monitoring.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The result of the command is encrypted (as previously described) and returned to the operator. The same username also exists as an account on RAID Forums, demonstrating an interest in Core Impact, a popular penetration testing software suite: s3crt RAID Forums account. 208 in August 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Encryption will regularly be used to protect the data from interception. Often auditing will be performed through the review of networking logs, but penetration testing and vulnerability scanning can also be used to check for proper implementation and configuration.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Many analyses over the past few years taught that attackers love re-used code and they prefer to modify, obfuscate and finally encrypt already known code rather than writing from scratch new “attacking modules”. Download And Execute an External Program. Download DLL Dim dll_URL As String dll_URL = "[link]. ServerXMLHTTP.6.0")

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Kali Linux

OCTOBER 5, 2014

versions, now available for download through our mirrors. Since the release, we have been repeatedly asked about our Kali EULA and whether NetHunter can be used for commercial purposes such as professional penetration testing or running security assessments. These images correspond to Kali 1.0.9a and NetHunter 1.0.2

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Once downloaded, they can steal sensitive information or even gain full control of the phone. Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Yes, cybersecurity experts can hack your phone—but with good intentions. Ethical hackers perform what is called penetration testing or pen testing.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Many of them (almost 400k) hid a PE file compressed and/or encrypted into themselves. The presence of HTTP and TCP rules underline the way new malware keep getting online either for downloading shellcodes (signature shellcode) and to ask to be controlled from a C2 system (such as a sever). TOP Matched Rules.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Also known as Gozi, Ursnif has evolved over the years to include a persistence mechanism, methods to avoid sandboxes and virtual machines, and search capability for disk encryption software to attempt key extraction for unencrypting files. Remcos Remcos is marketed as a legitimate software tool for remote management and penetration testing.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Pre-ransomware is when we have observed a ransomware attack is about to happen, but the encryption of files has not yet taken place. . Mimikatz is not malware per-se and can be useful for penetration testing and red team activities. Perhaps the most notorious is Mimikatz—a tool used to pull credentials from operating systems.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

HIPAA ensures that businesses treat your personal health information with extra care, encrypting it, restricting who can access it, and ensuring systems that store it are secure and continuously tested. To compound issues, identity and encryption management complexity is a serious issue. What is HIPAA?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 7, 2024

It covers encryption, identity and access management, network segmentation, and intrusion detection systems. Presentation layer: Utilizes encryption and data formatting standards to ensure data confidentiality and integrity throughout processing and storage. Click the image below to download and modify your copy.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In the past, many actors would join forces to attack and encrypt as many organizations around the world as possible. million downloads. Looking for alternative sources to download an episode of a show or a newly released film, users encounter various types of malware, including Trojans, spyware and backdoors, as well as adware.

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Kali Linux

JULY 21, 2014

As usual, you don’t need to re-download Kali if you’ve got it installed, and apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade should do the job. As this new release focuses almost entirely on the EFI capable ISO image, OffSec won’t be releasing additional ARM or VMWare images with 1.0.8.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Since the 1970s, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) has offered encryption , authentication, bootstrapping, and digital signatures to secure digital communications. As encryption methods go, AES-128 and RSA-2048 are vulnerable to quantum attacks. Verifying and logging software updates and downloads. Next-Generation Cryptography.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As an ethical security researcher, I never download the data I find. I highly recommend that any company that collects and stores records, documents, or other files on behalf of other businesses conduct regular penetration testing and ensure the firewall is properly configured to restrict public access.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

The attack starts by driving targets to a legitimate website and tricking them into downloading a compressed RAR file that is booby-trapped with the network penetration testing tools Cobalt Strike and SilentBreak. Yanluowang ransomware: how to recover encrypted files. This ransomware is relatively recent.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2024

Click the image below to download, make your own copy, and modify it as needed. Click to download Review Existing Policies & Procedures Implement the methods listed below. Examine data protection and encryption: Confirm that rules include data encryption at rest and in transit, as well as data protection procedures.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A good way to lower the temperature is to adopt the ransomware gang’s self-serving vernacular, he says, and the Royal Mail’s “IT guy” does this in subtle ways, such as referring to LockBit’s criminal activity as “penetration testing.” Stop malicious encryption.

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Kali Linux

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

available now for your downloading pleasure. Y/n] That would make for a whole lot of downloading, unpacking, and configuring of packages. Kali ISO Downloads, Virtual Machines and ARM Images The Kali Rolling 2017.2 release can be downloaded via our official Kali Download page. release in April.

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