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Ethical Hacking and Risk Assessments
White Paper Protecting your business's computer network is one of the most important moves you can make. In this on-demand seminar you'll learn how hackers access networks and what common methods are available to find weak security areas and combat... [03 Nov 2009]
Why 1970s hackers had 'whiz kid' status
Comment Ethical hacking.A lot of pen testers today have done unethical things in their past during their learning process, especially the older ones because there was no opportunity to learn about security.... [23 Jun 2009]
Why you should hack your own systems
Comment Sometimes also known as ethical hacking, penetration tests are proactive, authorised attempts to compromise security by using the tools favoured by hackers in order to see how well applications hold up... [22 Apr 2009]
Ethical Hacking Techniques
White Paper This article will explain why the Web application is so vulnerable to attack and discuss three of the most common Web application hacking techniques and detail how to protect against these attacks and protect your... [15 Mar 2009]
Hacking 'goodies' get industry body
News An industry association has been created for ethical hackers, in a bid to reassure buyers of systems and applications that such products have been sufficiently tested. The Council of Registered Ethical... [25 Apr 2008]
Linux, Leopard and Vista: The ultimate hack contest
News Apple Mac, Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems are to be pitted against each other in an ethical hacking contest in Vancouver next month. The hacking competition at CanSecWest... [08 Feb 2008]
Gmail cookie flaw 'puts email at risk'
News Petko Petkov of ethical hacking group GNUCitizen has developed a proof-of-concept program to steal contacts and incoming emails from Google Gmail users. Pure Hacking security researcher... [27 Sep 2007]
Gary McKinnon: Hacker 'damages' are exaggerated
News Although McKinnon has a clear interest in claiming those damages have been exaggerated, Peter Wood, an 'ethical hacker' and penetration tester from First Base Technologies who took part in the InfoSecurity show's hacker... [27 Apr 2007]
Leader: Ethical hacking - launch, teach... hope
Leader News that the University of Abertay in Scotland is to offer a course in 'ethical hacking' is likely to divide opinion among academics, end users and the security industry. This is because... [19 Jun 2006]
UK's first computer hacking degree launched
News The University of Abertay in Dundee will run the BSc (Hons) undergraduate course in Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures from the start of the next academic year in October. There are also... [19 Jun 2006]
Ethical Hacking: Teaching Students to Hack
White Paper One of the fastest growing areas in network security, and certainly an area that generates much discussion, is that of ethical hacking. The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature regarding... [09 Jun 2006]
Security consultants writing their own pay cheques
News Skills such as penetration testing, computer forensics and ethical hacking are also increasingly in demand. Chapman said this security 'gold rush' is resulting in packed classrooms for courses such as... [04 Oct 2005]
George Kurtz, Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray
AS Profile The book is read by hackers and security professionals alike and has become a staple on reading lists for ethical hacking courses. The authors of Hacking Exposed are important on all... [23 Sep 2005]
Is penetration testing breaking Herts on the internet?
News Ethical hacking' and penetration testing is becoming an increasingly important aspect of security with companies and organisations not willing to wait until somebody with criminal intent comes knocking... [26 May 2005]
Ecommerce sites panned for lack of security testing
News Dan Newman has been running one of the most popular certified ethical hacking courses for three years at the UK-based Training Camp and says he's not seen a single student from an ecommerce company put... [20 May 2005]
