- What is penetration testing? Penetration testing, often called “pentesting”,“pen testing”, or “security testing”, is the practice of attacking your own or your clients’ IT systems in the same way a hacker would to identify security holes. Of course, you do this without actually harming the network. The person carrying out a penetration test is called a penetration tester or pentester.
- You can become a penetration tester at home by testing your own server and later make a career out of it.
CyberOxen -> Plough Your Way Through Cyber Haze
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Introduction to Penetration Testing
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Cyber Psycho-analysis: A new buzz word
Soft-skills might become more important in the cyber war as criminals are expected to employ new strategies focusing not solely on the technology but on the user and his or her psychology. The tactics may include more convincing phishing emails and leveraging pop culture to trick the users.
'Syrian Electronic Army' hacks Skype's accounts in social networks
- Hackers from the so-called “Syrian Electronic Army” have got access to the blog and the official accounts in social networks that are hosted by Skype. The intruders used the hacked facilities for placing messages criticizing NSA's programs of mass surveillance, the TechCrunch edition writes.
- Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_01_08/Sweden-fell-victim-of-foreign-hackers-intelligence-0261/
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