Tag: penetration-testing
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Getting Exposure Management Right: Insights from 500 CISOs
Pentesting isn’t just about finding flaws, it’s about knowing which ones matter. Pentera’s 2025 State of Pentesting report uncovers which assets attackers target most, where security teams are making progress, and which exposures still fly under the radar. Focus on reducing breach impact, not just breach count. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/getting-exposure-management-right-insights-from-500-cisos/
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Security startup Horizon3.ai is raising $100M in new round
Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity startup that provides tools like autonomous penetration testing, is seeking to raise $100 million in a new funding round and has locked down at least $73 million, the company revealed in an SEC filing this week. NEA led the round, according to two people familiar with the deal. One person said that…
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Interview mit Dr. Jürgen Dürrwang, Head of Pentesting bei ITK Engineering – Pentesting ist geduldiges Handwerk und ein bisschen Kunst
Tags: penetration-testingFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/pentesting-nis2-richtlinien-a-315641a12f2a55a71489889bcf162700/
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News Alert: Halo Security reaches SOC 2 milestone, validating its security controls and practices
Miami, Fla., May 22, 2025, CyberNewsWire, Halo Security, a leading provider of attack surface management and penetration testing services, today announced it has successfully achieved SOC 2 Type 1 compliance following a comprehensive audit by Insight Assurance. This… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/news-alert-halo-security-reaches-soc-2-milestone-validating-its-security-controls-and-practices/
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Atlassian Alerts Users to Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities Affecting Data Center Server
Atlassian has released its May 2025 Security Bulletin addressing eight high-severity vulnerabilities affecting multiple enterprise products in its Data Center and Server offerings. The vulnerabilities, discovered through Atlassian’s Bug Bounty program, penetration testing processes, and third-party library scans, pose significant security risks including denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and privilege escalation. All identified issues have been patched…
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What is Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS)?
As technology progresses, businesses face an ever-growing number of cyber threats, making robust security measures a top priority. Penetration Testing as a Service provides a cutting-edge solution to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities before hackers can exploit them. By enabling frequent and efficient penetration assessments, PTaaS empowers organizations to stay proactive in addressing potential risks. In……
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The Crowded Battle: Key Insights from the 2025 State of Pentesting Report
In the newly released 2025 State of Pentesting Report, Pentera surveyed 500 CISOs from global enterprises (200 from within the USA) to understand the strategies, tactics, and tools they use to cope with the thousands of security alerts, the persisting breaches and the growing cyber risks they have to handle. The findings reveal a complex…
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Pen Testing for Compliance Only? It’s Time to Change Your Approach
Imagine this: Your organization completed its annual penetration test in January, earning high marks for security compliance. In February, your development team deployed a routine software update. By April, attackers had already exploited a vulnerability introduced in that February update, gaining access to customer data weeks before being finally detected.This situation isn’t theoretical: it First…
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Researchers Introduce Mythic Framework Agent to Enhance Pentesting Tool Performance
Penetration testing is still essential for upholding strong security procedures in a time when cybersecurity threats are changing quickly. Recently, a team of security professionals has announced significant advancements in penetration testing tools with the introduction of a new agent for the Mythic framework, aimed at improving detection evasion and operational efficiency. Framework Overview The…
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Increase Red Team Operations 10X with Adversarial Exposure Validation
Red teams uncover what others miss, but they can’t be everywhere, all the time. Adversarial Exposure Validation combines BAS + Automated Pentesting to extend red team impact, uncover real attack paths, and validate defenses continuously. Learn more from Picus Security on how AEV can help protect your network. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article:…
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Finanzdienstleister: Nachholbedarf bei TLPT
Seit dem 17. Januar 2025 ist DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) in Kraft. DORA verpflichtet Finanzinstitute in der EU verpflichtet, regelmäßig Threat-Led Penetration Testing (TLPT) durchzuführen. Experte Dennis Weyel von Horizon3.ai hat mir seine Einschätzung dazu zukommen lassen und meint: … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/05/13/finanzdienstleister-nachholbedarf-bei-tlpt/
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Metasploit Update Adds Erlang/OTP SSH Exploit and OPNSense Scanner
The open-source penetration testing toolkit Metasploit has unveiled a major update, introducing four new modules, including a highly anticipated exploit targeting Erlang/OTP SSH servers and a scanner for OPNSense firewalls. The release also enhances diagnostic tools and addresses critical bugs, solidifying its role as a cornerstone for security professionals, as per a report by Rapid7.…
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What Should You Consider When Choosing an AI Penetration Testing Company?
AI is truly making its way into every aspect of business operations, and rightly so. When we proactively test systems and applications to uncover weaknesses before attackers do, we’re carrying out penetration testing, often called “ethical hacking.” By staging these controlled attacks that mimic real-world threats, we expose gaps in processes and controls. AI penetration…
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CVE funding crisis offers chance for vulnerability remediation rethink
Tags: access, ai, awareness, best-practice, cisa, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data, exploit, Hardware, healthcare, intelligence, iot, kev, least-privilege, metric, mfa, microsoft, network, open-source, penetration-testing, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAutomatic for the people: AI technologies could act as a temporary bridge for vulnerability triage, but not a replacement for a stable CVE system, according to experts consulted by CSO.”Automation and AI-based tools can also enable real-time discovery of new vulnerabilities without over-relying on standard CVE timelines,” said Haris Pylarinos, founder and chief executive of…
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Critical flaw in AI agent dev tool Langflow under active exploitation
/api/v1/validate/code had missing authentication checks and passed code to the Python exec function. However, it didn’t run exec directly on functions, but on function definitions, which make functions available for execution but don’t execute their code.Because of this, the Horizon3.ai researchers had to come up with an alternative exploitation method leveraging a Python feature called…
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Preparing your business for a penetration test
Penetration testing is vital to keeping your business safe in today’s digital landscape, where cyber threats are ever present. It ensures your business’s sensitive data is protected, validating the robustness of the defensive measures your business has implemented. With cyber attacks on the rise, proactive measures like penetration testing (also known as ethical hacking) aren’t”¦…
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The 14 most valuable cybersecurity certifications
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, automation, best-practice, blockchain, blueteam, china, cisa, cisco, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, conference, control, country, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, governance, government, guide, hacker, hacking, incident response, intelligence, Internet, jobs, kali, law, linux, malware, metric, microsoft, monitoring, network, penetration-testing, privacy, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, skills, threat, training, vulnerability, windowsIndustry recognition Who’s to say one certification is more respected than another? Such criteria can be very subjective, so we turned to the most direct and unbiased source to cut through the ambiguity: job listings. In addition to education, skills, and qualifications, employers often specify certs they seek in their ideal candidate. These mentions carry…
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Best Tool for Mobile App Pentest in 2025
Your mobile application is not just any software. It is the face of a brand for some organizations, like e-commerce, and for some, it instills trust among its clients by bringing forth efficiency and accessibility, like BFSI. Moreover, with the growing number of mobile app users globally, it is projected to reach 7.49 billion by……
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XDR, MDR, And EDR: Enhancing Your Penetration Testing Process With Advanced Threat Detection
Tags: attack, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, detection, edr, exploit, malicious, penetration-testing, strategy, threat, vulnerabilityIn the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, organizations must continuously adapt their defense strategies to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated threats. One of the most effective ways to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities is through penetration testing, a proactive approach that simulates real-world attacks to uncover weaknesses before malicious actors can exploit them. However, the effectiveness of…
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5 Reasons Organization Should Opt for Web App Pentest
The world that feeds us is digital, and web applications are the backbone of many organizations. Be it e-commerce, healthcare, BFSI, or any other industry, web apps store and process sensitive data on a daily basis. As the saying goes, ‘With great power comes great responsibility’, in the cybersecurity realm, it also comes with great……
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GenAI vulnerabilities fixed only 21% of the time after pentesting
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/genai-vulnerabilities-fixed-only-21-of-the-time-after-pentesting
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Organizations Found to Address Only 21% of GenAI-Related Vulnerabilities
Pentesting firm Cobalt has found that organizations fix less than half of exploited vulnerabilities, with just 21% of generative AI flaws addressed First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/organizations-fix-half/
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What the State of Pentesting Report 2025 Reveals About Cybersecurity Readiness
The State of Pentesting Report 2025 First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/state-of-pentesting-report-2025/
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94% of firms say pentesting is essential, but few are doing it right
Organizations are fixing less than half of all exploitable vulnerabilities, with just 21% of GenAI app flaws being resolved, according to Cobalt. Big firms take longer to fix … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/15/regular-pentesting-strategy-for-organizations/
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Advanced Preparation Was Key to a Secure Paris Olympics
Tags: penetration-testingThe security teams associated with the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris focused on in-depth penetration testing, crisis management exercises, and collaboration to defend against potential cyberattacks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/advanced-preparation-key-secure-paris-olympics
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Top 16 OffSec, pen-testing, and ethical hacking certifications
Tags: access, android, antivirus, application-security, attack, authentication, blockchain, bug-bounty, business, cisco, cloud, computing, credentials, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, guide, hacker, hacking, incident response, injection, iot, jobs, kali, linux, malware, microsoft, mitigation, mobile, network, penetration-testing, RedTeam, remote-code-execution, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-assessment, sap, skills, sql, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, windowsExperiential learning Offensive security can’t be fully mastered through lectures alone. Candidates need hands-on training in lab environments to develop practical skills. Ideally, certification exams should include a practical assessment, such as developing an exploit to compromise a system.Because individuals learn OffSec techniques, such as penetration testing, in different ways, the most effective certifications offer…
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APTRS: Open-source automated penetration testing reporting system
APTRS is an open-source reporting tool built with Python and Django. It’s made for penetration testers and security teams who want to save time on reports. Instead of writing … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/09/aptrs-open-source-automated-penetration-testing-reporting-system/