Does it make sense to perform vulnerability assessment tests with admin user rights?

We have an admin web portal that we use to configure and monitor our system We recently had a security consultant scan our servers for vulnerabilities.
Our admin portal is secured with username and password authentication and with two-fact… Continue reading Does it make sense to perform vulnerability assessment tests with admin user rights?

If a file has previously been scanned by VirusTotal, will the VirusTotal website always indicate this fact?

I recently downloaded a very popular open-source application. Usually, I compile open-source applications myself after reading the source code. But my compiler box was busy with many tasks, so I decided to download the pre-compiled execu… Continue reading If a file has previously been scanned by VirusTotal, will the VirusTotal website always indicate this fact?