Security Software Developer – Job Description and How to Become One

Introduction The cybersecurity industry is daily growing bigger daily and creating numerous roles for anyone to specialize in. One of the eye-catching perks of the industry is the annual pay which varies according to the role. This guide focuses on teaching a security software developer job...

SocialPwned - An OSINT Tool That Allows To Get The Emails, From A Target, Published In Social Networks Such As Instagram, Linkedin And Twitter To Find Possible Credentials Leaks In PwnDB Or Dehashed And Obtain Google Account Information Via GHunt

SocialPwned is an OSINT tool that allows to get the emails, from a target, published in social networks like Instagram, Linkedin and Twitter to find the possible credential leaks in PwnDB or Dehashed and obtain Google account information via GHunt. The purpose of this tool is to facilitate the...

16 Best DDOS Attack Tools in 2022

What are DDOS attack tools? DDOS attacks are cyber- attacks targeted at rendering certain computers, network systems and servers non-functional. The processes involved in its execution can be however complicated. Attackers have to carry out a long series of actions that involve social engineering...

Exploit for Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Siemens 6Bk1602-0Aa12-0Tp0_Firmware

vuln4japi A vulnerable Java based REST API for demonstrating C...

PECB Certified Lead Ethical Hacker: Take Your Career to the Next Level

Cybercrime is increasing exponentially and presents devastating risks for most organizations. According to Cybercrime Magazine, global cybercrime damage is predicted to hit $10.5 trillion annually as of 2025. One of the more recent and increasingly popular forms of tackling such issues by...

Scalpers, and their bot armies, swing in to net web-based Spiderman tickets

29 November 2021 was “Spider Monday” and tickets for Marvel’s film Spider-Man: No Way Home went on sale with the sort of marketing fervor for which Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe MCU are famous. As tickets to one of the most eagerly anticipated Christmas films featuring one of the most...

JadedWraith - Light-weight UNIX Backdoor

Lightweight UNIX backdoor for ethical hacking. Useful for red team engagements and CTFs. Something I wrote a few years ago as part of a game I was playing with a friend to try to backdoor as many VMs in each other's labs without being caught or having our tools reverse engineered/signatured...

Kali Linux 2021.3 - Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Linux Distribution

Time for another Kali Linux release! – Kali Linux 2021.1. This release has various impressive updates. A summary of the changes since the 2021.2 release from June are: OpenSSL - Wide compatibility by default - Keep reading for what that means New Kali-Tools site - Following the footsteps of...

15 Must-Have Tools for Penetration Testing in 2021⚙️

Do you require the best web entrance testing apparatuses? In this piece, we’ll be investigating data about entrance and the absolute best infiltration testing devices that you can approach.‍ What is Penetration Testing? Penetration, Security, Infiltration or Entrance testing is a type of safety...

What is a White Hat Hacker❓ | Ethical Hackers

Introduction White Hat programmers or hackers are individuals that do security assessments as a component of a business course of action. Albeit this idea is helpful in many cases, it has no legitimate or moral ramifications. When differentiated to the meaning of Black Hat, this nonappearance...

Learn Ethical Hacking From Scratch — 18 Online Courses for Just $43

If you're reading this post, there is a pretty good chance you're interested in hacking. Ever thought about turning it into a career? The cybersecurity industry is booming right now, and ethical hacking is one of the most lucrative and challenging niches. It's open to anyone with the right skills...

2021 Mid-Year WordPress Security Report: A Collaboration Between Wordfence and WPScan

Wordfence has collaborated with WPScan to conduct a 2021 mid-year review on the state of WordPress security. Using attack data from Wordfence’s internal threat intelligence platform, and vulnerability data from WPScan’s vulnerability database, we were able to analyze the current trend of attacks ...

Kaseya’s ‘Master Key’ to REvil Attack Leaked Online

Someone has leaked the master decryption key that Kaseya used to unlock the files encrypted by a REvil ransomware attack on the company that affected customers across 22 countries last month. However, while the key may be interesting to security researchers, it’s not likely to be of use to any of...

Details of RCE Bug in Adobe Experience Manager Revealed

Details of an Adobe zero-day bug found in its content-management solution Adobe Experience Manager AEM, which affected customers ranging from Mastercard, LinkedIn and PlayStation, were revealed Monday. The bug, patched in May, allowed hackers to bypass authentication protection and execute code...

Microsoft Gets Second Shot at Banning hiQ from Scraping LinkedIn User Data

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted LinkedIn another legal option to try to prevent rival hiQ Labs from scraping public information from its user profiles, something the Microsoft-owned professional networking platform has claimed is a violation of user privacy and a misuse of its data. The court...

White hat, black hat, grey hat hackers: What’s the difference?

When you think of the world of ethical hackers white hat, malicious hackers black hat, and hackers that flirt with both sides grey hat, you may envision people in shiny trench coats and dark glasses, whose computer skills are only matched by their prowess in martial arts. The truth is that hacker...

Supreme Court Limits Scope of Controversial Hacking Law

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that a police officer who received money for obtaining data from a law-enforcement database for an associate did not violate a controversial federal hacking law, marking a victory for the ethical hacking community by limiting the law’s scope. In a landmar...

‘Battle for the Galaxy’ Mobile Game Leaks 6M Gamer Profiles

An Elasticsearch server holding personal data of 6 million players of the popular mobile game Battle for the Galaxy was discovered insecure and containing over 1 terabyte of unencrypted data, meaning anyone with a link could access data stored on the repository. Ethical hackers WizCase found the...

GHSA-5V95-V8C8-3RH6 Privilege escalation in rbac

Impact Using a carefully crafted request or malicious proxy, a user with UserWrite permissions could create another user with higher privileges than their own due to insufficient checks on the allowed set of permissions. The event would be captured in the Event Log. Patches The issue has been fix...

FIN7 Backdoor Masquerades as Ethical Hacking Tool

The notorious FIN7 cybercrime gang, a financially motivated group, is spreading a backdoor called Lizar under the guise of being a Windows pen-testing tool for ethical hackers. According to the BI.ZONE Cyber Threats Research Team, FIN7 is pretending to be a legitimate organization that hawks a...