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Widely used routers easy to hack even by remote attackers
18.04.2013
Security researchers from Independent Security Evaluators have tested thirteen widely used small office/home office routers and wireless access points, and have discovered that every single one of them has critical security vulnerabilities that allow local and remote attackers to take control of the device.
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Instant Penetration Testing: Setting Up a Test Lab How-to
10.04.2013
Author: Vyacheslav Fadyushin Pages: 88 Publisher: Packt Publishing ISBN: 1849694125 Introduction If you want to start practicing penetration testing, you will be needing a test lab.
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Thousands of Amazon S3 buckets left open exposing private data
27.03.2013
Cloud hosting and cloud storage is all the rage, but there are still some common pitfalls that many organizations overlook.
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LogRhythm and Rapid7 partner on threat protection and security analytics
20.03.2013
LogRhythm and Rapid7 announced API-level integrations of the LogRhythm SIEM 2.0 platform with both the Rapid7 Nexpose vulnerability management product and the Rapid7 Metasploit Pro penetration testing solution.
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Metasploit supports Kali Linux free security auditing toolkit
13.03.2013
Rapid7 is working with Offensive Security to provide official Metasploit support for Kali Linux, the enterprise-ready evolution of BackTrack Linux.
Spotlight

The security of WordPress plugins
Posted on 18 June 2013. | Checkmarx’s research lab identified that more than 20% of the 50 most popular WordPress plugins are vulnerable to common Web attacks, such as SQL Injection.

Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers
Posted on 17 June 2013. | George Baker, the Director of Information Security at Exostar, talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for aspiring infosec leaders, and more.

Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?
Posted on 14 June 2013. | Over two thirds (66%) of large organizations said they either had not experienced a security incident in the last 12-18 months or were unsure if they had.

Vulnerability scanning with PureCloud
Posted on 12 June 2013. | nCircle PureCloud is a cloud-based network security scanning product built upon the companies' vulnerability and risk management system IP360.

Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal
Posted on 11 June 2013. | Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.
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