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Automated Penetration Testing with CORE IMPACT

Last week I spoke at a local security professionals user group about Automated Penetration Testing with CORE IMPACT (from Core Security Technologies). There has been some great developments in the automated penetration testing area recently with commercial tools like CORE IMPACT and Immunity’s CANVAS. However, lets not forget about recent advancements with open source solutions […]

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Goolag Scanner – Google Vulnerability Scanner Released

The infamous Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc) has released a very cool Google vulnerability scanner called Goolag Scanner. This tool allows you to search a specific web site or domain for known vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. From an eWeek article: “The open-source program comes with about 1,500 custom Google search queries embedded by default to

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Wireless Headset Dangers

I was listening to the latest Security Now podcast and Steve Gibson mentioned an interesting social engineering attack where some penetration testers were able to pose as employees just by listening to conference call and other telephone conversations across the street from the company facility. They used a police scanner dialed into the 800-900 Mhz

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Lock your stuff up!

So I was at the gym yesterday and noticed something that really bothered me…. As soon as I pulled into the gym parking lot I noticed that it was packed! Seems like everyone wanted to workout last night for some reason. So I grabbed my gym bag and went into the locker room to change.

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