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Well informed staff members assist vulnerability management

Forward thinking employers take the security of information assets as seriously as they do the protection of their commercial property and their staff members. This is because – like other more...

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Penetration ethical hacking changes security culture

The protection of a firm’s information assets is not entirely the responsibility of a single individual or department – rather the onus is on the enterprise as a while. While the information technology...

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Cyber attacks can have devastating healthcare consequences

An increased uptake in wireless technology has left some medical facilities – and their patients – exposed to new security vulnerabilities. A new US report prepared by the National Cybersecurity and...

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Patching routines examined by penetration testing services

Fake software updates have been identified as being pushed through free Wi-Fi in cafes and hotels – prompting security professionals to warn travellers to keep their software up to date before they...

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Data breach highlights security risks

Data breaches can have devastating consequences – and one recent incident overseas has illustrated the extent of the damage this type of negligence can cause. A security breach at one UK health trust...

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Many people still don’t understand the importance of internet security

Recent security breaches in major websites like Linkedin, eHarmony and LastFM have given us a timely reminder of the importance of having strong internet security practices in place. Despite this, many...

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LinkedIn reassures users that their information is secure

Professional social networking site LinkedIn has moved to assure users that their information is secure, following a highly-publicised security breach earlier this month. “By now, many of you have read...

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Security audit for commercial sites

An interesting note found in a recent online security report has stated that malicious programmers have begun to target specific social websites for drive-by infections. While in the past scammers...

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Lawsuit argues LinkedIn failed to meet vulnerability management obligations

Security breaches like the one that affected professional social networking site LinkedIn on June 6 can be costly, both financially and in terms of lost consumer confidence. Penetration testing can...

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Google data shows value of penetration testing and regular security audits

Alongside penetration testing and regular security audits, ensuring safe online browsing practices can be one of the best ways to ensure your business remains protected from external threats. A new...

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Dumping Windows Credentials

By Sebastien Macke, @lanjelot Introduction During penetration testing engagements, we often find ourselves on Windows systems, looking for account credentials. The purpose of this post is to walk...

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The Anatomy of a Security Breach.

Securus Global’s approach to minimising your risks… By now, you have probably read about the Target security breach: (Nothing new… this happens all the time)....

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How I got root with Sudo

By Sebastien Macke, @lanjelot Introduction During security engagements, we regularly come across servers configured with the privilege management software Sudo. As with any software, the principle of...

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Solutions to the Sudo Challenge!

By Sebastien Macke, @lanjelot A few weeks ago, we posted a security challenge in our “How I got root with Sudo” article on how to escalate privileges on real world examples of insecure Sudo...

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CVE-2014-6271 (“Shellshock”) and exploit PoC

By Andy Yang (A little bit of background on this post – one of my colleagues, Norman Yue, posted something about the Internet being on fire to LinkedIn yesterday, regarding the bash bug. This blog post...

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SSLv3 and POODLE

By Norman Yue (LinkedIn)  For those of you paying attention to mailing lists early last night, you may have noticed a curious email come through, regarding a “Truly scary” SSL3.0 vulnerability about to...

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