The successful unauthorized breach of a security perimeter. See penetration test.
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- Exploit published for critical IE 7 zero-day flaw
- Do you mean:"The vulnerability was confirmed on fully patched Windows XP SP3 systems with Internet Explorer 6 and [b]7[/b]."Also how effective is the exploit with Protected Mode and limited user account usage? I'd like to see more information on how these two mitigation techniques work against exploits. I suspect the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Competition made Microsoft open source embedded .NET
- Hair line cracks?Is the "Kontrol" program from "Tron" beginning to crack?CE would be smart to go Linux.Less hassles, more reliability and no licensing costs.It's a no-brainer - Linux > Windows.LOL!"The handwriting was probably on the wall here years ago, when Linux bought Wind River, and when innovative start-up Cavium bought...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Windows 7 hourly tracking
- ?won't it be better to check at the end of every week instead? If you check every day you won't see any big changes but at the end of every week the increase will be more obvious.I'll say it before others do"look, it already has a larger market share than...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Metasploit + Rapid7 shakes up pen-test landscape
- With the acquisition of Metasploit by Rapid7, the dynamics within the small penetration testing market have changed. We believe that more competition will challenge each of the three main penetration testing software vendors in different ways. by Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- OpenVAS emerges as free alternative to Nessus
- OpenVas - Two Thumbs upI find OpenVas to be an excellent tool, and the more I use it the more impressed I am becoming.This is an interesting video showing the power of combining OpenVas with metasploit during a penetration test. It speeds things up considerably.http://www.securitytube.net/Pwning-using-OpenVAS-and-Metasploit-Db_Autopwn-video.aspxRegards,Peterhttp://HackerTarget.com
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- PC vs. Mac: It's not zero sum
- Or...In 85% of cases the Mac is a secondary PC to a Windows OEM machine.And, of course, that doesn't include the Mac users who use Windows on their Macs rather than a separate Windows box. See, you can cut statistics any way you want.Macs are PC'sA better question would have...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- Microsoft's Midori: Who's on the all-star roster?
- that's by no means a' who's who' listMore likely a 'who's he' list.These guys are no match for FOSS and Linux in particular.Rather than failing to reinvent the wheel, they should just adopt Linux and do themselves a service for doing the right thing.Before you make yourself look any more...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- Adobe has the iPhone surrounded with Flash, but security headaches loom
- Flash 9 is already availableThe web browser is called SkyFire and Flash on it works very nicely.RE: Adobe has the iPhone surrounded with Flash, but security headaches loomI'll try not to do my banking on my cell phone.Problem solved!RE: Adobe has the iPhone surrounded with Flash, but security headaches loomWhat...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- Global home broadband booming
- from IndonesiaI might understand why Indonesia has only 1 percent penetration rate for home broadband access, its main reason is the high cost of subscribing fee compared to national standard wage. In my estimation, we have to pay more than 80% of our monthly standard wage just to have broadband...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-27
- IBM, Canonical partner to target Africa netbook market; Upend Microsoft
- Their timing is quite goodRight at this moment, the Internet infrastructure in Central Africa is being upgraded with new underwater fiber optic cable links that will ultimately bring Africa's broadband capacity on par with the rest of the world by late 2010. Their timing couldn't be better.Why not red hat...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Why pre-roll app ads on the Zune HD are a dealbreaker
- OptionsAs others have suggested, I guess MS could offer the apps for a fee, as well as free and ad supported. I think it would probably be a good idea if MS is very upfront about a free app being ad supported. I think so long as MS ensures that...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Google buys reCAPTCHA: Digitize old books and fight spam
- Too Bad ..."They try to distinguish humans from robots when entering form data."Too bad they can't discriminate humans from 3rd World wage slaves decoding them for the spammers :(RE: Google buys reCAPTCHA: Digitize old books and fight spamCool from a machine learning standpoint but does this freak you out since...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Mozilla patches 'drive-by download' security flaws
- Whoa! This batch patches 10 critical vulns!The "secure alternative" version 3.5 has already in its short life bypassed Internet Explorer 8. Firefox 3.5 now hit 18 vulns, IE8 has 12.Version 3.0 of Firefox which is of roughly the same age as IE has been hit with 114 (!) vulns.It seems...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux
- RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to LinuxAs a roaming tech helper and trainer, I completely concur. Over the past few years, I have moved quite a few of my clients to Mac or Linux and they couldn't be happier. And lately, the infestation...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 (Download, 1-Year License)
- Photo gallery:Kaspersky Internet Security 2010Like many in the security industry are doing, Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 leverages anonymous data from its customer base to create a behavioral engine to further strengthen security safeguards. The new version also introduces several useful ancillary tools, including a sandboxing feature for running programs with...
- Product reviews 2009-08-26
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 (CD-ROM, 1-Year License)
- Photo gallery:Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010Like its more robust sibling, Kaspersky Internet Security 2010, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 leverages anonymous data from its customer base to create a behavioral engine to further strengthen security safeguards. Other than that, though, there's not much to differentiate KAV from its freeware competitors--some of which score better...
- Product reviews 2009-08-26
- Is Apple worried by Windows 7?
- I think Apple smells blood. Windows 7 is vulnerable.But, that said, the future is an OS that just gets out of your way and runs a browser.Apple should be worried, because.....once again Apple will be the big loser in this round. Why don't we wait until both OSes are out...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Sony's new Reader lineup assaults Amazon biz plan
- All good developments for the consumerMore competition equals more innovation and better pricing. I like their move towards a more open standard and it'll be interesting to see how Amazon responds to that. Yep, it's gonna be a heck of a battle with three competent players (Sony, Amazon and B&N)...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Research: 80% of Web users running unpatched versions of Flash/Acrobat
- According to a research published by Trusteer earlier this month, 79.5% of the 2.5 million users of their Rapport security service run a vulnerable version of Adobe Flash, with 83.5% also running a vulnerable version of Acrobat. The company has also criticized Adobe by insisting that their...
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Appin Encryption Utility 2.0 (Windows)
- Appin Security Data Encryption/Decryption system lets you encrypt and decrypt your files and data using keys. It is simple, robust and speedy for almost all kinds of files. The Appin encryption suite is just a freeware version released for everyone however the team works on special areas on encryption and...
- Software downloads 2009-08-21
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