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Penetration Testing is something that has many different meaning depending on the context used by the person. The Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES) is aimed to change that. In this talk we’ll be covering adaptive penetration testing which essentially is the ability to conform and change based on the environment that your attacking. We’ll be covering several live examples used in real-world penetration tests, how we discovered some clever tricks to circumvent security controls, and eventually be creative and gain unauthorized access.
Pwnie Express delivers the bleeding-edge cyber security platforms and solutions required to meet this challenge.
Our initial hardware offering, the Pwn Plug, is the first-to-market commercial penetration testing drop box platform. This low-cost plug-and-play device is designed for remote security testing of corporate facilities, including branch offices and retail locations. A security professional or service provider can ship this device to a corporate facility and conduct a security test over the Internet without travel expenses. The Pwn Plug includes a full security auditing software suite and provides covert remote access over Ethernet, wireless, and 3G/GSM cell networks. In the mobile space, Pwnie Express has also developed the most comprehensive commercial security suite for the Nokia N900 mobile platform.
We had the opportunity to interview Johnny Long of HackersforCharity.org on the final day of ShmooCon 2012.
Hackers for Charity is a non-profit organization that leverages the skills of technologists. They solve technology challenges for various non-profits and provide food, equipment, job training and computer education to the world’s poorest citizens.
The 2012 Consumer Electronics Showcase, presented by the International Consumer Electronics Association, is this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2012 CES will feature some of consumer electronics’ biggest names and brands unveiling their next big things.
It wasn’t Tahrir Square, exactly, but the anti-Wall Street demonstration that began on Saturday succeeded in disrupting the Monday morning commutes of the area’s workers. The J/Z Broad Street subway stop was shut down this morning, and the large police presence, along with chanting, meant that Wall Streeters had to pass a gauntlet of sorts to get to the office this morning. The turnout was lower than the organizers hoped for — “hundreds” seems to be the unofficial consensus for now, compared with the hoped-for 20,000.
Watch Live: Sub-Oversight Committee Hearing at 11AM ET on Cybersecurity
I ran across an interesting CNN interview with Kevin Mitnick (Former Hacker) as the guess. In the interview, he discussed the importance of having a personal firewall, being aware when using public wireless access points.
He later recommended the use of VPNs when using public wireless access, using a more secure browser such as Google’s Chorme as well as using the “FREE” tool known as “Personal Software Inspector” to let you know if your software is out of date.
Through LinkedIn, Shon Harris is providing FREE On-Line CEH Course with Over 25 Hours Long of information.
The video modules are outlined below and can be found at her website at: www.logicalsecurity.com/resources/resources_videos.html
Cyber-bullying uses the new forms of digital communication technologies to repeatedly harass others. A cyber-bully is someone who uses technology to harass, embarrass, intimidate, or stalk someone else.
The methods used can include emails, instant messaging, text-messages, digital photos and all other means of electronic communications.
The critical first step in any IT audit is to identify all assets and applications residing on the network… AppDetectivePro’s Database Discovery module provides complete visibility into the inventory of databases on any network. Simply connect a laptop running AppDetectivePro to the network, and without agents, database logins, or other knowledge, the solution will scan and identify every database by vendor and release level.
