Two court-hired pentesters accused of intrusion; what would have happened if they hadn’t had permission to perform the tests?

Ethical hacking experts report the arrest of two security specialists hired to evaluate a US court’s IT infrastructure; according to the reports, the two experts were caught while trying to physically access the court’s systems. Justin Wynn and Gary Demercurio, the two information security specialists involved, were arrested by police in Iowa, US, after they […]

Linux Parrot 4.6, new version of the operating system for pentesters

When we require working with a functional operating system for security analysis and ethical hacking, cybersecurity experts consider that Parrot Linux is, together with BlackArch, one of the best options available, even though there are also Windows-based options. The developers of Parrot Linux have just launched version 4.6 of this operating system, which has some […]

Top 20 Operating Systems for Hackers, Pentesters, Blue and Red Teamers

Here we listed the best operating systems used today by hackers, pentesters, blue and red teamers. (basically anyone in the security sector) These include penetration testing distro’s, specialized OS’s that focus’ malware analysis, wifi hacking, forensic investigations, network monitoring and even a honeypot distribution. The choice is completely yours! In case you’re totally new to […]

MetasploitHelper – Pentesters Assistant

MetasploitHelper was developed to assist penetration testers in internal engagements. There are a large number of exploits and modules that are available to penetration testers to use. However, it is often difficult and challenging for penetration testers to keep up to date with the latest exploits. MetasploitHelper tends to make things easier for testers by […]

SecLists – The Pentesters Companion

SecLists is a collection of multiple types of lists used during security assessments, collected in one place. List types include usernames, passwords, URLs, sensitive data patterns, fuzzing payloads, web shells, and much more. The goal is to enable a security tester to pull this repo onto a new testing box and have access to every […]