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How purple teaming enhances inter-team collaboration and effectiveness in cybersecurity

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How purple teaming enhances inter-team collaboration and effectiveness in cybersecurity 2024-02-13 at 07:01 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Andrew Costis, Chapter Lead of the Adversary Research Team at AttackIQ, discusses how purple teaming allows security teams to break down barriers between teams and increase operational effectiveness. It’s no longer about […]

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Faction: Open-source pentesting report generation and collaboration framework

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Faction: Open-source pentesting report generation and collaboration framework 2024-01-30 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz Faction is an open-source solution that enables pentesting report generation and assessment collaboration. Josh Summitt, the creator of Faction, has always disliked the process of writing reports, preferring to focus on uncovering bugs. A key frustration for him was the redundant

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CloudFoxable: Open-source AWS penetration testing playground

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CloudFoxable: Open-source AWS penetration testing playground 2024-01-22 at 07:02 By Mirko Zorz CloudFoxable is a capture-the-flag (CTF) style learning platform you can deploy to your playground AWS account. It primarily targets current penetration testers seeking to learn exploitation of cloud-native attack paths, and cloud security experts aiming to practice offensive security techniques safely. “What makes

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Purple teaming and the role of threat categorization

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Purple teaming and the role of threat categorization 2024-01-11 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Organizations constantly work to ensure optimal threat detection and prevention across their systems. One question gets asked repeatedly: “Can we detect the threats we’re supposed to be able to detect?” Red team assessment, penetration testing, and even purple team assessments

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Embracing offensive cybersecurity tactics for defense against dynamic threats

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Embracing offensive cybersecurity tactics for defense against dynamic threats 2024-01-11 at 07:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security, Alexander Hagenah, Head of Cyber Controls at SIX, discusses the critical steps in creating effective offensive security operations and their impact on organizational security strategies. What are the critical steps in creating effective offensive security

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Product showcase: ImmuniWeb AI Platform

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Product showcase: ImmuniWeb AI Platform 20/12/2023 at 08:31 By Help Net Security ImmuniWeb is a global application security company that currently serves over 1,000 customers from more than 50 countries. ImmuniWeb AI Platform has received numerous prestigious awards and industry recognitions for intelligent automation and acceleration of application security testing, which delivers better quality of

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EMBA: Open-source security analyzer for embedded devices

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EMBA: Open-source security analyzer for embedded devices 19/12/2023 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz The EMBA open-source security analyzer is tailored as the central firmware analysis tool for penetration testers and product security groups. It assists throughout the security evaluation procedure, extracting firmware, conducting static and dynamic analysis through emulation, and creating a web-based report. EMBA

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CISA Flags Gaps in Healthcare Org’s Security Posture, Issues Security Guidance

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CISA Flags Gaps in Healthcare Org’s Security Posture, Issues Security Guidance 18/12/2023 at 18:16 By Ionut Arghire The US cybersecurity agency CISA issues cybersecurity recommendations for the healthcare and public health sector. The post CISA Flags Gaps in Healthcare Org’s Security Posture, Issues Security Guidance appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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5 open-source tools for pentesting Kubernetes you should check out

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5 open-source tools for pentesting Kubernetes you should check out 06/12/2023 at 08:02 By Help Net Security Kubernetes, often called K8s, is an open-source platform designed to automate the deployment, scaling, and operations of containerized applications. Kubernetes has become a critical part of the infrastructure for many organizations. However, with its widespread adoption, Kubernetes environments

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Kali Linux 2023.4 released: New tools, Kali for Raspberry Pi 5, and more!

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Kali Linux 2023.4 released: New tools, Kali for Raspberry Pi 5, and more! 05/12/2023 at 21:31 By Zeljka Zorz OffSec (previously Offensive Security) has released Kali Linux 2023.4, the latest version of its penetration testing and digital forensics platform. New tools in Kali Linux 2023.4 The list of tools freshly added to Kali Linux includes:

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SessionProbe: Open-source multi-threaded pentesting tool

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SessionProbe: Open-source multi-threaded pentesting tool 05/12/2023 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz SessionProbe is a multi-threaded pentesting tool designed to evaluate user privileges in web applications. It takes a user’s session token and checks for a list of URLs if access is possible, highlighting potential authorization issues. It deduplicates URL lists and provides real-time logging and

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Organizations’ serious commitment to software risk management pays off

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Organizations’ serious commitment to software risk management pays off 21/11/2023 at 07:32 By Industry News There has been a significant decrease in vulnerabilities found in target applications – from 97% in 2020 to 83% in 2022 – an encouraging sign that code reviews, automated testing and continuous integration are helping to reduce common programming errors,

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GOAD: Vulnerable Active Directory environment for practicing attack techniques

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GOAD: Vulnerable Active Directory environment for practicing attack techniques 26/10/2023 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Game of Active Directory (GOAD) is a free pentesting lab. It provides a vulnerable Active Directory environment for pen testers to practice common attack methods. GOAD-Light: 3 vms, 1 forest, 2 domains “When the Zerologon vulnerability surfaced, it highlighted our

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Unmasking the limitations of yearly penetration tests

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Unmasking the limitations of yearly penetration tests 12/10/2023 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Charles d’Hondt, Head of Operations, Ambionics Security, talks about the necessity of implementing continuous penetration testing because yearly ones are not enough. They leave blind spots and cannot match the security needs of regular releases and

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11 search engines for cybersecurity research you can use right now

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11 search engines for cybersecurity research you can use right now 29/08/2023 at 06:32 By Help Net Security Staying ahead in cybersecurity requires constant learning and adaptation. If you’re interested in cybersecurity research, explore the resources outlined below. DNSdumpster DNSdumpster is a free domain research tool that can discover hosts related to a domain. Finding

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Kali Linux 2023.3 released: Kali NetHunter app redesign, 9 new tools, and more!

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Kali Linux 2023.3 released: Kali NetHunter app redesign, 9 new tools, and more! 24/08/2023 at 09:32 By Help Net Security Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2023.3, the latest version of its penetration testing and digital forensics platform. New tools in Kali Linux 2023.3 Besides updates to current tools, new versions of Kali typically introduce

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8 open-source OSINT tools you should try

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8 open-source OSINT tools you should try 22/08/2023 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) refers to gathering, assessing, and interpreting public information to address specific intelligence queries. All the tools listed here are available for free. Amass The OWASP Amass project performs network mapping of attack surfaces and external asset discovery using

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Balancing telecom security, law enforcement, and customer trust

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Balancing telecom security, law enforcement, and customer trust 15/08/2023 at 07:48 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Mark O’Neill, CTO at BlackDice Cyber, talks about collaboration, transparent policies, and a security-first mindset. As 5G and IoT emerge, robust measures and AI will navigate challenges and shape the telecom industry’s future. Considering the

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Assess multi-cloud security with the open-source CNAPPgoat project

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Assess multi-cloud security with the open-source CNAPPgoat project 03/08/2023 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Ermetic released CNAPPgoat, an open-source project that allows organizations to test their cloud security skills, processes, tools, and posture in interactive sandbox environments that are easy to deploy and destroy. It is available on GitHub. CNAPPgoat supports AWS, Azure (Microsoft

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Open-source penetration testing tool BloodHound CE released

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Open-source penetration testing tool BloodHound CE released 02/08/2023 at 06:32 By Mirko Zorz SpecterOps released version 5.0 of BloodHound Community Edition (CE), a free and open-source penetration testing solution that maps attack paths in Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Azure (including Azure AD/Entra ID) environments. It is available for free on GitHub. Identifying simple Attack

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