eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

A penetration test , or pen test, is the simulation of a cyber attack. This critical IT security practice isn’t the same as a vulnerability assessment or vulnerability scanning, though, as pen testing involves an actual attack similar to what hackers would do in real-world conditions. Download Gobuster.

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Kali Linux

JANUARY 29, 2018

If you haven’t jumped in for whatever reason, we want to introduce you to the plethora of resources we’ve made available to help you master Kali Linux, the penetration testing distribution. Don’t worry, this isn’t a sales pitch. There is no difference. So why are we selling a book and giving it away?

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

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. Upon getting back he checked the logs to see the download numbers, and could not believe that it was so popular!

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