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9 Best Penetration Testing Tools for 2022

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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. Nmap Free Security Scanner.

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CVE-2024-0985: PostgreSQL’s Critical Security Flaw Exposed

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A serious security flaw has been unearthed in the popular database software PostgreSQL, raising concerns for businesses and systems administrators.

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Hackers Target System Admins with Fake PuTTY Website, Deploy Rhadamanthys Stealer

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A sophisticated cyberattack campaign is underway, cleverly impersonating the popular PuTTY software to target unsuspecting system administrators.

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Hackers Exploit Google Ads to Target Admins with Fake Software Downloads

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They’re using malicious ads disguised as legitimate software downloads on Google Search to infect the computers of unsuspecting system administrators. The Trap... The post Hackers Exploit Google Ads to Target Admins with Fake Software Downloads appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

The certification covers active defense, defense in depth, access control, cryptography, defensible network architecture and network security, incident handling and response, vulnerability scanning and penetration testing, security policy, IT risk management, virtualization and cloud security , and Windows and Linux security.

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Red Team vs Blue Team vs Purple Team: Differences Explained

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Blue teams consist of security analysts, network engineers and system administrators. These members may be led by a director of penetration testing or a senior security consultant and be organized in sub-teams based on the type of testing they are performing.

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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

The diagram below, for example, shows that application-level controls are Microsoft’s responsibility with software as a service (SaaS) models, but it is the customer’s responsibility in IaaS deployments. What are the results of the provider’s most recent penetration tests? Source: Microsoft.