Security News

What a year of penetration testing data can reveal about the state of cybersecurity
2020-08-26 13:05

SecOps firm Rapid7 has released its annual look at the state of the penetration testing industry, with findings including a significant spike in the number of vulnerable VPN connections, widespread lack of multifactor authentication, and a high volume of poorly configured internal networks making it easier for attackers to move laterally once inside. Passwords are supposed to be kept secret, the report states, but "Humans and their woefully unoriginal meat brains" make guessing those passwords far easier than can be considered safe.

Offensive Security releases major update to its Penetration Testing with Kali Linux training course
2020-02-11 16:55

Offensive Security announced a major update to its flagship Penetration Testing with Kali Linux training course. The new course doubles the amount of content available to train students the skills and mindset required to be a successful security professional and prepare for the Offensive Security Certified Professional certification.

Automated Penetration Testing Startup Pcysys Raises $10 Million
2019-11-13 19:20

Israeli cybersecurity firm Pcysys announced on Wednesday that it has completed a $10 million Series A funding round, which brings the total raised by the company to $15 million.  read more

Riptide Software releases new penetration testing service
2019-02-27 23:15

Riptide Software’s new penetration testing suite has been released. The continued growth of managed IT services has allowed Riptide to offer new cybersecurity services, such as penetration...

Week in review: Vaporworms, 8 months of GDPR, penetration testing effectiveness
2019-02-10 19:30

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Why vaporworms might be the scourge of 2019 Not too long ago, the WatchGuard Threat Lab predicted the emergence of...

Secure Decisions streamlines and enhances web application penetration testing
2019-02-07 00:00

Secure Decisions, a division of Applied Visions, Inc. and a leader in cyber security research, has developed a new application security testing technology, the Attack Surface Detector, that...

Why you need to know about Penetration Testing and Compliance Audits?
2018-11-15 15:18

We live in an age where data flows like water, becoming the new life source of our everyday ventures. As such, you can just imagine what all of that entails and the weight that data receive,...

Cloud Security Essential: Make Penetration Testing Constant
2018-07-03 21:03

Outpost24's Bob Egner Talks Application Security, Agile Development, SecDevOpsAs organizations move more data into the cloud, too many are treating security as an afterthought, says Outpost24's...

Weighing Risks, Benefits of Penetration Testing
2018-03-12 19:03

Penetration testing can help find vulnerabilities that aren't typically identified by scanning and other monitoring. But the testing comes with some risks, Duke Health CISO Chuck Kelser and pen...

How to choose a penetration testing service
2018-03-06 12:30

Penetration testing or pen testing for short is a simulation of an attack on your company’s IT infrastructure or specific assets in order to assess the security posture and discover potential...