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About Penetration Testing

2008-01-07 09:15:52 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
Students generally learn red teaming, sometimes called penetration testing or ethical hacking, as "breaking into your own system to see how hard it is to do so." Contrary to this simplistic view, a penetration test requires a detailed analysis of the threats and potential attackers in order to be most valuable. The author looks at penetration...
 
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HNS Podcast: Penetration testing considerations

2008-04-16 14:48:14 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
In this HNS podcast, Anothony Alves from CORE Security Technologies talks about penetration testing. He dicusses the things you should look for when considering doing a penetration test
 
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Metasploit 3.1 updates improve Windows penetration testing

2008-03-18 09:45:46 by Kevin Beaver, CISSP in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Metasploit has long been a popular tool to use to conduct Windows penetration testing. Well, just this January, the latest version, Metasploit 3.1, was released. Learn about the new features and updates of this cool tool, which include a true GUI interface and an increased number of exploits and payloads
 
Tags: metasploit, conduct windows penetration, true gui interface, cool tool, popular tool, exploits, payloads, features, version
 
 
 
 
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Penetration testing 101: How to offer pen test services

2008-04-22 11:35:06 by Gareth Goh in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
A penetration test can reveal vulnerabilities in your customer's network. Learn about the different types of pen test services to eliminate these vulnerabilities and ensure the security of your customer's network and applications
 
Tags: test services, reveal vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, network, penetration test, customer, ensure, types, applications
 
 
 
 
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Penetration testing: Helping your compliance efforts

2008-05-08 09:11:16 by Mike Rothman in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Penetration testing can be helpful as part of a corporate vulnerability assessment, but is it as valuable for enterprise compliance? In this tip, contributor Mike Rothman examines the connection between compliance and pen-testing and unveils why pen tests may be more favorable then vulnerability scanners
 
Tags: compliance, enterprise compliance, vulnerability scanners, penetration, vulnerability assessment, favorable, connection, tip, unveils
 
 
 
 
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Passport Canada web site suffers serious breach

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2007-12-05 11:51:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...penetration test should have caught it. Clearly testing was neglected." - Anonymous Coward, commented on The Register Story Comfyllama] Excellent point! If you run a site that acquires, processes, stores, or transmits ANY data that you do NOT want to be PUBLIC data, the you must secure it properly which includes regular vulnerability...
 
Tags: passport canada, information, personal information, passport application information, application, breach, passport application site, passport canada spokesman, significant security breaches
 
 
 
 
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FBI CSRF and Jail How to Get Someone Raided

2008-03-20 22:09:20 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
...Penetration Test vs. Assessment This terminology has always been a peeve of mine. People asking for a penetration test rarely want a Post from: Grumpy Security Guy FBI CSRF and Jail How to Get Someone Raided
 
Tags: fbi csrf, csrf, fbi, classic csrf, penetration test, penetration test rarely, control content, control, content
 
 
 
 
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Poll: How Important is a POC When Getting Someone to Fix a Security Issue

2007-11-27 08:37:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...penetration test I see people spending lots of time crafting sample exploits rather than spending more time on finding more vulnerabilities, or fixing classes of vulnerabilities that are similar and offering solutions to those In my experience the only time a POC has been really useful is when I need to make sure that the person fixing the...
 
Tags: issue, people, vulnerability, vulnerability exists, time, poc, lots, exploits, security vulnerability
 
 
 
 
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Privacy advocates: Consumer education isn't enough

2008-04-17 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
The efforts of e-commerce sites and online advertisers to educate U.S. consumers about privacy and targeted advertising aren't enough because many consumers won't take the time to understand the issues, privacy advocates said Thursday Web Penetration & App Testing Advertisement Web Penetration Security Services. 300+ Clients. Free, Quick...
 
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