DARPA Hopes Automation Can Create the Perfect Hacker

Seven Pentagon supercomputers are getting ready to attack one another. Look out, human hackers. Pentagon research agency DARPA says people are too slow at finding and fixing security bugs and wants to see smart software take over the task. The agency released details today of a contest that will put that idea to the test at […]

Spiderfoot – Open Source Intelligence Automation Tool

SpiderFoot is an open source intelligence automation tool. Its goal is to automate the process of gathering intelligence about a given target. Purpose There are three main areas where SpiderFoot can be useful: If you are a pen-tester, SpiderFoot will automate the reconnaisance stage of the test, giving you a rich set of data to […]