penetration testing
Banks warned over IT security flaws
News A spokeswoman from security company NTA Monitor, which runs the survey using its own penetration testing software, told silicon.com that 32 per cent of the companies tested were in the high-risk... [14 Jun 2007]
Discoverer: Automatic Protocol Reverse Engineering From Network Traces
White Paper Application-level protocol specifications are useful for many security applications, including intrusion prevention and detection that performs deep packet inspection and traffic normalization, and penetration... [31 May 2007]
Editor's Blog: Should everybody be a security company?
Comment The good news is more companies are employing penetration testing on their websites, according to Peter Wood on the First Base Technologies stand. silicon.com editor-at-large Will Sturgeon is blogging... [25 Apr 2007]
The dos and don'ts of VoIP security
Comment Ken Munro, managing director of penetration testing company SecureTest, says: "Enterprises need to make sure that all of the firmware of the VoIP system is up-to-date. Make no mistake, says Anthony... [04 Apr 2007]
Exclusive: Laptop thefts pose gov data risk
News Once the laptop has fallen into the wrong hands, getting into it and accessing sensitive data is relatively easy, according to Peter Wood, from penetration testing company First Base Technologies. A... [03 Aug 2006]
HP to hack its customers
News HP is to launch a penetration-testing service for businesses in October but has denied reports it will unleash worms on its customers. The penetration-testing service,... [05 Jul 2006]
Leader: Ethical hacking - launch, teach... hope
Leader However, attitudes to such courses are mellowing since the University of Calgary first announced it was to teach a course in malware writing and it's likely there will be a fair amount of approval for the teaching of... [19 Jun 2006]
Understanding CHAM - Common Hacking Attack Methods
White Paper While Retina is the industry's fastest and most comprehensive non-intrusive scanner, utilizing the CHAM feature is strictly for advanced users as it subjects the network to intrusive penetration testing. [09 Jun 2006]
Learn to detect and prevent hacking reconnaissance
White Paper This sample chapter, taken from Penetration Testing and Network Defense, examines how you can discover live hosts on your target network by using various information-gathering techniques. This sample... [19 May 2006]
Inside look: Audit reveals an unsecured WLAN and other vulnerabilities
White Paper Here's a detailed look at the steps the consultant took during his security audit--from war driving to penetration testing to working with the company to address the critical vulnerabilities that the... [18 May 2006]
Fifa in race to finish World Cup IT
News But he insisted the IT network will be ready on time with Avaya spending the rest of March and early April "testing the hell out of it", including penetration testing to ensure that... [10 Mar 2006]
Windows exploit code released
News The first exploit was created by security vendor Immunity for users of its penetration testing product. Computer code posted over the weekend can crash vulnerable computers by exploiting a Windows flaw... [29 Nov 2005]
Security consultants writing their own pay cheques
News Skills such as penetration testing, computer forensics and ethical hacking are also increasingly in demand. On average, security consultants are currently charging 25 per cent more year-on-year, cashing... [04 Oct 2005]
Royal Mail tightens hacker defences
Case Study The postal service, which is starting to use more web-based business processes, has outsourced vulnerability and penetration testing to security company QinetiQ. Martin Roe, Royal Mail's IT security... [14 Jun 2005]
Denial of service attack victim speaks out
News Though he now employs several penetration testing companies to continually check he's leaving no door open for the Russian extortionists to return. The founder of an online payment system has spoken to... [27 May 2005]
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