Improve Your Hacking Skills with 9 Python Courses for Just $39

For anyone with interest in cybersecurity, learning Python is a must. The language is used extensively in white hat hacking, and professionals use Python scripts to automate tests. It also has a use in the "soft" side of cybersecurity — like scraping the web for compromised data and detecting bug...

Fuzz Off: How to Shake Up Code to Get It Right – Podcast

LAS VEGAS – In 2014, two teams of security researchers independently started fuzz testing OpenSSL. Within days, the advanced black-box software technique led to an exploitable vulnerability in OpenSSL: namely, the Heartbleed vulnerability. What is fuzzing? That’s what the FuzzCon event is all...

Become a White Hat Hacker — Get 10 Top-Rated Courses at 97% OFF

Many of us here would love to turn hacking into a full-time career. To make that dream come true, you need to master your subject and earn some key certifications. To speed up this process, you might want to take a little guidance from the experts. Featuring 98 hours of content from top...

A New Privacy Bill, Safer White Hat Hacking, and More Security News This Week

A CIA debacle, a new side channel attack, and more security news this week...

Why you should try to join some of the underground hacker forums that are out there

Even if you are considered to be a white hat hacker, you are always still walking a fine line between being a bad guy and a good guy in many people eyes. There are a lot of people out there who believe that there should be no hacking at all being done and everyone who does it should be considered...

DEFCON Kids Returns, Now With 0-Day

DEFCON is inviting the kids back again this year for the second edition of DEFCON Kids, and this time, there’s zero-days involved. The not-for-profit conference is dedicated to teaching kids about white-hat hacking, security, privacy and hardware skills. The learning starts at DEFCONKids.org, whe...

Cisco Packet Tracer 5.2 DLL Hijacking Exploit (wintab32.dll)

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits ============================================================ Cisco Packet Tracer 5.2 DLL Hijacking Exploit wintab32.dll ============================================================ / Title: Cisco Packet Tracer 5.2 DLL Hijacking Exploit...

Proof of Concept Pen Testing Tools Coming

A researcher is working on tools for penetration testers that’s a first step toward ultimately integrating and correlating data among different types of penetration-testing products. Josh Abraham, a.k.a. “Jabra,” will release some proof-of-concept tools at the OWASP AppSec Conference in Washingto...