The Different Methods and Stages of Penetration Testing

The stakes could not be higher for cyber defenders. With the vast amounts of sensitive information, intellectual property, and financial data at risk, the consequences of a data breach can be devastating. According to a report released by Ponemon institute, the cost of data breaches has reached a...

Purchase Order Management 1.0 Cross Site Scripting

Title: Purchase Order Management-1.0 - XSS-Reflected - Information-gathering Author: nu11secur1ty Date: 03.06.2023 Vendor: https://www.sourcecodester.com/user/257130/activity Software: https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/14935/purchase-order-management-system-using-php-free-source-code.html...

Experts Sound Alarm Over Growing Attacks Exploiting Zoho ManageEngine Products

Multiple threat actors have been observed opportunistically weaponizing a now-patched critical security vulnerability impacting several Zoho ManageEngine products since January 20, 2023. Tracked as CVE-2022-47966 CVSS score: 9.8, the remote code execution flaw allows a complete takeover of the...

Threat Exposure Management: An Overview

In recent years, the threat landscape has rapidly evolved, resulting in a growing number of cyber security incidents. This has led organizations to focus on the effective management of their threat exposure, as a means of mitigating the risk of cyber attacks. Threat exposure management is a...

Atrocore 1.5.25 Shell Upload

Title: atrocore-1.5.25 User interaction - Unauthenticated File upload - RCE Author: nu11secur1ty Date: 02.16.2023 Vendor: https://atropim.com/ Software: https://github.com/atrocore/atrocore/releases/tag/1.5.25 Reference: https://portswigger.net/web-security/file-upload Description: The Create...

Regular Pen Testing Is Key to Resolving Conflict Between SecOps and DevOps

In an ideal world, security and development teams would be working together in perfect harmony. But we live in a world of competing priorities, where DevOps and security departments often butt heads with each other. Agility and security are often at odds with each other— if a new feature is...

Good, Perfect, Best: how the analyst can enhance penetration testing results

Penetration testing is something that many of those who know what a pentest is see as a search for weak spots and well-known vulnerabilities in clients infrastructure, and a bunch of copied-and-pasted recommendations on how to deal with the security holes thus discovered. In truth, it is not so...

SSTImap - Automatic SSTI Detection Tool With Interactive Interface

SSTImap is a penetration testing software that can check websites for Code Injection and Server-Side Template Injection vulnerabilities and exploit them, giving access to the operating system itself. This tool was developed to be used as an interactive penetration testing tool for SSTI detection...

Is Once-Yearly Pen Testing Enough for Your Organization?

Any organization that handles sensitive data must be diligent in its security efforts, which include regular pen testing. Even a small data breach can result in significant damage to an organization's reputation and bottom line. There are two main reasons why regular pen testing is necessary for...

Is Once-Yearly Pen Testing Enough for Your Organization?

Any organization that handles sensitive data must be diligent in its security efforts, which include regular pen testing. Even a small data breach can result in significant damage to an organization's reputation and bottom line. There are two main reasons why regular pen testing is necessary for...

APTRS - Automated Penetration Testing Reporting System

APTRS Automated Penetration Testing Reporting System is an automated reporting tool in Python and Django. The tool allows Penetration testers to create a report directly without using the Traditional Docx file. It also provides an approach to keeping track of the projects and vulnerabilities...

REST-Attacker - Designed As A Proof-Of-Concept For The Feasibility Of Testing Generic Real-World REST Implementations

REST-Attacker is an automated penetration testing framework for APIs following the REST architecture style. The tool's focus is on streamlining the analysis of generic REST API implementations by completely automating the testing process - including test generation, access control handling, and...

Villain - Windows And Linux Backdoor Generator And Multi-Session Handler That Allows Users To Connect With Sibling Servers And Share Their Backdoor Sessions

Villain is a Windows & Linux backdoor generator and multi-session handler that allows users to connect with sibling servers other machines running Villain and share their backdoor sessions, handy for working as a team. The main idea behind the payloads generated by this tool is inherited from...

Kali Linux 2022.4 - Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Linux Distribution

Time for another Kali Linux release! – Kali Linux 2022.4. This release has various impressive updates. A summary of the changelog since August’s 2022.3 release: Microsoft Azure - We are back on the Microsoft Azure store More Platforms - Generic Cloud, QEMU VM image & Vagrant libvirt Social...

Top 5 Web App Vulnerabilities and How to Find Them

Web applications, often in the form of Software as a Service SaaS, are now the cornerstone for businesses all over the world. SaaS solutions have revolutionized the way they operate and deliver services, and are essential tools in nearly every industry, from finance and banking to healthcare and...

The 5 Core Principles of the Zero-Trust Cybersecurity Model

When even the US Government concludes that to ensure baseline security practices are in place and to realize the security benefits of cloud-based infrastructure while mitigating associated risks, they must migrate to a zero-trust model, every organization should be actively moving in that...

Offensive-Payloads

Offensive Payloads This repository is a collection of payloads...

What is an External Penetration Test?

A penetration test also known as a pentest is a security assessment that simulates the activities of real-world attackers to identify security holes in your IT systems or applications. The aim of the test is to understand what vulnerabilities you have, how they could be exploited, and what the...

Re-Focusing Cyber Insurance with Security Validation

The rise in the costs of data breaches, ransomware, and other cyber attacks leads to rising cyber insurance premiums and more limited cyber insurance coverage. This cyber insurance situation increases risks for organizations struggling to find coverage or facing steep increases. Some Akin Gump...

This 9-Course Bundle Can Take Your Cybersecurity Skills to the Next Level

If you regularly read The Hacker News, there's a fair chance that you know something about cybersecurity. It's possible to turn that interest into a six-figure career. But to make the leap, you need to pick up some key skills and professional certifications. Featuring nine in-depth courses, The...