New HC3 report defines security assessments needed for healthcare organizations during and after COVID-19

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center HC3 recently delivered a report that defines and articulates the security assessments and information technology audits that should be considered during and after the COVID-19 pandemic...

Malware targeting industrial plants: a threat to physical security

We live in a world where more and more manufacturing processes are controlled by computers that send instructions to robots. This might sound like a safe and efficient way of work, as it rules out human error, but what happens when a threat actor decides to target production servers? Consider the...

An Android App for RFID Card Cloning: Project Walrus

Walrus is an Android app that simplifies using several existing contactless card cloning devices during red team engagements and physical security assessments. It offers a common interface and database for storing cloned cards. Currently, Walrus supports the industry standard Proxmark 3, Chameleo...

Partner Perspective: Integrated Endpoint Protection and Response

Editor's Note: The post originally appeared on LogRhythm.com Maintaining visibility of hundreds—if not thousands—of endpoints and then taking corrective actions to the discovered abnormalities is a critical security challenge many organizations face today. Most organizations dedicate substantial...

SSL Labs Grading Redesign (Preview 1)

We’re excited to share with you the first preview of our next-generation grading. This is something that’s long overdue but, due to lack of available time, we managed to keep up patching the first-generation grading to keep up with the times. Now, finally, we’re taking the next necessary steps to...

iOS Security Testing Framework: needle

iOS Security Testing Framework Needle is an open source, modular framework to streamline the process of conducting security assessments of iOS apps. Assessing the security of an iOS application typically requires a plethora of tools, each developed for a specific need and all with different modes...

needle - The iOS Security Testing Framework

Needle is an open source, modular framework to streamline the process of conducting security assessments of iOS apps. Description Assessing the security of an iOS application typically requires a plethora of tools, each developed for a specific need and all with different modes of operation and...

St. Jude Alleges False Claims, Stock Manipulation in Suit Against Med Sec, Muddy Waters

St. Jude Medical yesterday filed a lawsuit alleging that investment research firm Muddy Waters and healthcare security research company Med Sec made false claims in a report focused on the security of St. Jude products. The report released Aug. 25 warned of potentially catastrophic cybersecurity...

Tonight Mr. Robot is Going to Reveal ‘Dream Device For Hackers’

Mr. Robot is the rare show that provides a realistic depiction of hacks and vulnerabilities that are at the forefront of cyber security. This is the reason it’s been the most popular TV show of its kind. Throughout season 1 and season 2, we have seen that connected devices are the entry point of...

BackBox Linux 4.4 - Ubuntu-based Linux Distribution Penetration Test and Security Assessment

BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment, thanks to its own software repositories, always being updated to the latest stable...

Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Identified in Banking Vendors

In hopes of bolstering security, banks in New York over the next several weeks want to enact new regulations for any third party vendors they do business with. A report released last week pointed out that one in three N.Y. banks don’t require their vendors to notify them in the event they...

Dradis v2.9 - Information Sharing For Security Assessments

Dradis is an open source framework to enable effective information sharing, specially during security assessments. It’s a tool specifically to help in the process of penetration testing. Penetration testing is about information: 1. Information discovery 2. Exploit useful information 3. Report the...

For the recent Bosch global eye OAuth vulnerability analysis and preventive recommendations-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

According to CnetreportsSingapore Nanyang Technological University, a man named Wang Jing PhD student, found that the OAuth and OpenID open source login tools the“covert redirect”vulnerabilityCovert Redirect to. First of all need to clear point is that the vulnerability is not present in the OAut...

[Dradis Pro v1.7] Framework to enable effective information sharing

Dradis Pro is framework to enable effective information sharing, specially during security assessments. Dradis is a self-contained web application that provides a centralised repository of information to keep track of what has been done so far, and what is still ahead. Changelog v1.7 This is the...

Passive DNS Network Mapper: dnsmap

Passive DNS Network Mapper dnsmap is mainly meant to be used by pentesters during the information gathering/enumeration phase of infrastructure security assessments . During the enumeration stage, the security consultant would typically discover the target company’s IP netblocks, domain names,...

Penetration Testers Get Ready - BackBox Linux 2.05 released !

The BackBox team has announce the release 2.05 of BackBox Linux. The new release include features such as Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8.0. BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be...

BackBox Linux 2 released

BackBox Linux 2 released The BackBox team is proud to announce the release of BackBox. Linux 2.BackBox 2 features the following upstream components: Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8. BackBox is an Ubuntu-based distribution developed to perform penetration tests and security...

BackBox Linux 2 released

BackBox Linux 2 released The BackBox team is proud to announce the release of BackBox. Linux 2.BackBox 2 features the following upstream components: Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8. BackBox is an Ubuntu-based distribution developed to perform penetration tests and security...

BackTrack 5 R1 Released - Penetration Testing Distribution

BackTrack 5 R1 Released - Penetration Testing Distribution BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely native environment dedicated to hacking. Regardless if you're making BackTrack your primary operatin...

BackBox - Linux distribution based website Hacked

BackBox - Linux distribution based website Hacked BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and to provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment thanks to its own software...