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Penetration Testing vs. Vulnerability Testing

eSecurity Planet

Many cybersecurity audits now ask whether penetration testing is conducted and how vulnerabilities are detected and tracked. These questions ask IT teams to consider how frequently security is tested from the outside via penetration testing and from the inside via vulnerability testing. File servers.

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Kali Linux Penetration Testing Tutorial: Step-By-Step Process

eSecurity Planet

Kali Linux turns 10 this year, and to celebrate, the Linux penetration testing distribution has added defensive security tools to its arsenal of open-source security tools. Also read: 24 Top Open Source Penetration Testing Tools What Is Penetration Testing?

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Penetration Testing Remote Workers

SecureWorld News

With many organizations now planning their annual penetration tests ("pentest" for short), a change is needed in order to accommodate remote workers. It also begs what are you allowed to test versus what is now considered taboo considering end-users may be operating with their own personal equipment?

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10 ways attackers gain access to networks

Malwarebytes

These may be obtained by phishing, social engineering, insider threats, or carelessly handed data. Remote services—such as a virtual private network (VPN)—lack sufficient controls to prevent unauthorized access. Penetration testing can expose misconfigurations with services listed above such as cloud, VPNs, and more.

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CISA updates ransomware guidance

Malwarebytes

Create policies to include cybersecurity awareness training about advanced forms of social engineering for personnel that have access to your network. CISA consider the following to be advanced forms of social engineering: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) poisoning. Drive-by-downloads. Malvertising.

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How can small businesses ensure Cybersecurity?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Some of the best practices that you, as an owner of a small business, can exercise to reduce the attack vector includes: Educate employees by providing regular training sessions and conducting awareness programs about cyber-attacks like phishing , malware, or social engineering techniques.

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I’d TAP That Pass

Security Boulevard

On our red team engagements and penetration tests, conditional access policies (CAP) often hinder our ability to directly authenticate as a target user. However, this is still a powerful addition to our Azure AD tradecraft and by the end of this post, I’ll have you convinced that TAPs are hella cool. acct : 0 acr : 1 aio : E2ZgYE.

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