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Melissa Delaney is a freelance journalist who specializes in business technology. She is a frequent contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Maybe it’s that mail server that IT forgot to ...

How big an issue is the weaponization of pen-testing tools and how can it be mitigated? Davey Winder explores. Cobalt Strike is a penetration-testing tool used by red teams, providing adversary ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Penetration testing, which involves probing applications, ...

APT group's use of a legitimate pen-testing tool gives them stealth capabilities, allowing them to avoid detection by EDR and antivirus tools. Security researchers have recently identified several ...

Security assessment and deep testing don’t require a big budget. Some of most effective security tools are free, and are commonly used by professional consultants, private industry and government ...

Villager, a new penetration-testing tool linked to a suspicious China-based company and described by researchers as "Cobalt Strike's AI successor," has been downloaded about 10,000 times since its ...

I’ve been doing a lot of vulnerability and penetration testing for a customer who wants to see various simulated attacks and possible outcomes. I’ve been a penetration tester going on 10 years, and it ...

I'm being asked to get a penetration test done on our external and internal services. I know about things like the pwn plug but I'm wondering if anyone has used a service/firm to perform that testing, ...