WPScan v3.4.5 - Black Box WordPress Vulnerability Scanner

WPScan is a free, for non-commercial use, black box WordPress vulnerability scanner written for security professionals and blog maintainers to test the security of their sites. INSTALL Prerequisites Optional but highly recommended: RVM Ruby = 2.3 - Recommended: latest Ruby 2.5.0 to 2.5.3 can caus...

Cybersecurity Workers Scramble to Fix a Post-Shutdown Mess

The shutdown may have ended two weeks ago, but federal cybersecurity professionals will be coping with its impact for a long time to come...

How Machine Learning can Expose and Illustrate Network Threats

Although machine learning algorithms have been around for years, additional use cases are being discovered and applied all the time, particularly when it comes to network and data security. As years have passed, the skills and sophisticated approaches being utilized by hackers have risen in...

Trying DetectionLab

Many security professionals run personal labs. Trying to create an environment that includes fairly modern Windows systems can be a challenge. In the age of "infrastructure as code," there should be a simpler way to deploy systems in a repeatable, virtualized way -- right? Enter DetectionLab, a...

Sn0Int - Semi-automatic OSINT Framework And Package Manager

sn0int is a semi-automatic OSINT framework and package manager. It was built for IT security professionals and bug hunters to gather intelligence about a given target or about yourself. sn0int is enumerating attack surface by semi-automatically processing public information and mapping the result...

Get 10 Popular Books To Learn Advanced Hacking [2018 Bundle]

It should come as no surprise that cybersecurity is one of the most important and lucrative fields in the world right now, and it's becoming more important every day—thanks to a growing number of cyber attacks that are targeting everything from individuals and startups to Fortune 500 companies an...

Description of the security update for vulnerabilities in Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 and Windows Embedded Standard 2009: April 10, 2018

Description of the security update for vulnerabilities in Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 and Windows Embedded Standard 2009: April 10, 2018 Summary An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Kernel API enforces permissions. To learn more about the vulnerability, go...

Top 5 Threat Hunting Myths: “EDR Is Threat Hunting”

The cybersecurity landscape is in a constant state of change and, as many organizations have learned, it’s no longer a matter of if you’ll face a cyberattack, but when. In today’s world, attackers intentionally look normal to evade automated defenses. With the rise of ransomware, fileless and...

WPScan v3.4.0 - Black Box WordPress Vulnerability Scanner

WPScan is a free, for non-commercial use, black box WordPress vulnerability scanner written for security professionals and blog maintainers to test the security of their sites. INSTALL Prerequisites: Ruby = 2.2.2 - Recommended: 2.3.3 Curl = 7.21 - Recommended: latest - FYI the 7.29 has a segfault...

44% of Security Professionals Spend More than 20 Hours a Week Responding to Alerts

As the global cybersecurity climate continues to heat up, so too do the subsequent levels of alert fatigue IT security professionals have to deal with. A recent survey by Imperva reveals that nine percent of UK security teams battle with over five million alerts each week. Five million, just let...

6 ways to keep up with cybersecurity without going crazy

As we dive headfirst into National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, it seems only fitting to discuss ways to stay on top of developments in modern cybersecurity and privacy. What's the best way to stay protected? How can you determine if something is a scam? Which big company has been breached now?...

MS11-025: Description of the security update for Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1: August 9, 2011

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Careers in Cybersecurity

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about cybersecurity. The month’s themes educate students and professionals about cybersecurity attack methods, best practices, and preventive measures and are geared toward informing the next generation of...

Network-Attacker - WiFi Stress Testing Beacon Flooding & Deauthentication Attack

network-attacker V0.1 is a Wifi Stress Testing Bash Script Program Based on Mdk3 Beacon Flooding & Deauthentication Attack Created To Help Beginners And even Professionals For a eacon Flooding Or Deauthentication Attack On Networks Installation sudo apt-get install git sudo git clone...

Moodle 3.x PHP Unserialize Remote Code Execution Exploit

Exploit for php platform in category web applications ======================================================================= title: Remote Code Execution via PHP unserialize product: Moodle - Open-source learning platform vulnerable version: 3.5 to 3.5.1, 3.4 to 3.4.4, 3.1 to 3.1.13 and earlier...

Partner Perspectives: VMRay + Carbon Black Bridge the Gap Between Threat Hunting & Incident Response

In 2016, Carbon Black and VMRay introduced an out-of-the-box integration combining the capabilities of two industry-best platforms: Cb Response and the VMRay Analyzer. Leveraging the threat hunting and incident response capabilities of Cb Response, alongside the malware analysis and detection...

SANS THIR Summit Wrap Up – “We Have 15 Minutes”

Heading back to San Diego before I get on another flight 30 hours later. Lots of people say "what are you crazy? Why do that?"…to which I say: "we cannot achieve any mission without sacrifice." Going to events like the SANS Threat Hunting IR summit remind just how many dedicated people we have on...

Report: Nearly Half of Security Professionals Think They Could Execute a Successful Insider Attack on Their Organization

As potential threats and entry points into organizations’ databases keep growing, so does the amount of money folks are throwing at detecting and actioning insider threats. In fact, the ballooning amount of money being spent on cybersecurity overall clearly highlights the seriousness with which...

Lynis 2.6.8 - Security Auditing Tool for Unix/Linux Systems

We are excited to announce this major release of auditing tool Lynis. Several big changes have been made to core functions of Lynis. These changes are the next of simplification improvements we made. There is a risk of breaking your existing configuration. Lynis is an open source security auditin...

Announcing “Cb Threat Hunters,” Carbon Black’s First Skill-Based Program

Carbon Black is excited to announce “Cb Threat Hunters,” the company’s first skill-based program debuting at Cb Connect 2018. Cb Threat Hunters gives you the opportunity to develop your threat-hunting skills to stay ahead of evolving attacks. With this program, our expert team will arm you with t...