Penetration testing news stories

Negative connotations have traditionally been applied to the term 'hacking'. But with cyber-threats ramping up, things are changing fast — and CISOs can't afford to keep the status quo.

We spoke to Blacklock's Nilesh Kapoor about Blacklock, a startup that is making waves in the penetration testing as a service space.

Proofpoint cybersecurity company has released research finding a 161% increase in threat actors using the threat emulation tool Cobalt Strike.

“In today’s agile environments, pentest platforms should seamlessly integrate with every aspect of the software development lifecycle so that findings are quickly pushed to the right developer and vulnerabilities are fixed faster."

WatchGuard’s latest Internet Security Report also reveals significant increases in malware and network attacks, as zero day malware accounts for 50% of all detections.

Through point-and-click navigation, users can scan business-critical applications to search for unpatched vulnerabilities, exploitable code or evidence of malicious activity.

The cybersecurity and analytics VAD has formed an agreement with the Israeli company Pcysys.

35% of respondents claim that the blue team never or rarely catches the red team, while 62% say they are caught occasionally or often.

The report demonstrates how the line distinguishing pentesting exercises from actual threat actor behaviour has thinned.

ImmuniWeb On-Demand is a perfect choice for one- time application security and privacy testing.

Social Mapper takes an automated approach to searching popular social media sites for names and pictures of individuals.

According to IMDA, the programme will benefit 200 Singapore-based ICT companies over the two-year period.

Entersoft’s ‘one stop shop’ approach to cybersecurity has paid off to the tune of $1 billion worth of initial coin offerings.

Forward thinking companies are going beyond penetration testing to employ a more holistic approach to cyber security.

Asia Pacific will be a hotspot for security assessment vendors as it becomes the fastest growing region in the world between 2017-2022.

What is‘ethical hacking’ in an organisation and are there any grey areas in the law? We sat down with RHTLaw Taylor Wessing’s Jack Ow to find out.

"In some cases, we’ve simply walked in and plugged a device straight into the network with little to no resistance."

“The move to smart, connected networks puts us in a strong position to grow our business as demand for secure IoT connectivity increases."

The Equifax breach has underlined the problem with security testing.

As organisations look towards data to track patterns, they should also be mindful of the legal regulations that govern data protection and breaches.

There is a focus on technical aspects of penetration tests, network and application security, while the chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

RIoT Solutions’ security team has proven that its up to scratch in their cyber expertise, after three of its top experts gained OSCP Certification.