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The Golden Age of Automated Penetration Testing is Here

Mar 29, 2024The Hacker NewsPen Testing / Regulatory Compliance Network penetration testing plays a vital role in detecting vulnerabilities that can be exploited. The current method of performing pen testing is pricey, leading many companies to undertake it only when necessary, usually once a year for their compliance requirements. This manual approach often misses opportunities […]

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Kali Linux 2024.1 released: New tools, new look, new Kali Nethunter kernels – Help Net Security

OffSec has released Kali Linux 2024.1, the latest version of its popular penetration testing and digital forensics platform. The new version comes with new tools, a fresh look (themes, wallpapers and icons for Kali and Kali Purple), a new image viewer for the Gnome desktop and a usability enhancement to the Xfce desktop (the ability […]

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Bugcrowd Attains $102M Strategic Growth Funding Round

Governance & Risk Management , Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VA/PT) Company Will Use Investment to Expand Services, Says CEO Dave Gerry David Perera (@daveperera) • February 12, 2024     Bugcrowd will use a $102 million investment to grow services and its platform. Ethical hacking-as-a-service platform Bugcrowd received a $102 million venture capital investment […]

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Google’s New Tracking Protection in Chrome Blocks Third-Party Cookies

Dec 15, 2023NewsroomPrivacy / User Tracking Google on Thursday announced that it will start testing a new feature called “Tracking Protection” starting January 4, 2024, to 1% of Chrome users as part of its efforts to deprecate third-party cookies in the web browser. The setting is designed to limit “cross-site tracking by restricting website access […]

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23andMe says hackers accessed ‘significant number’ of files about users’ ancestry | TechCrunch

Genetic testing company 23andMe announced on Friday that hackers accessed around 14,000 customer accounts in the company’s recent data breach. In a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published Friday, the company said that, based on its investigation into the incident, it had determined that hackers had accessed 0.1% of its customer […]

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The Importance of Continuous Security Monitoring for a Robust Cybersecurity Strategy

Nov 14, 2023The Hacker NewsPen Testing / Vulnerability Management In 2023, the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million. Beyond the immediate financial loss, there are long-term consequences like diminished customer trust, weakened brand value, and derailed business operations. In a world where the frequency and cost of data breaches are skyrocketing, […]

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