Proto-TV Tech Lies Behind This POV Clock

If it weren’t for persistence of vision, that quirk of biochemically mediated vision, life would be pretty boring. No movies, no TV — nothing but reality, the beauty of nature, and live performances to keep us entertained. Sounds dreadful.

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Vulnerability management isn’t working for cloud security: Here’s how to do it right

Three things in life are seemingly guaranteed: death, taxes and high-profile cloud security breaches. But there is no reason why public cloud or hybrid cloud breaches must remain so stubbornly persistent. The fact is that we understand why these incide… Continue reading Vulnerability management isn’t working for cloud security: Here’s how to do it right

Converting NMAP XML Files to HTML with xsltproc

NMAP is a wonderful network scanner and its ability to log scan data to files, specifically XML, helps quite a bit.  This enables the scan data to be parsed by other tools such as Metasploit’s db_import or even NMAP’s own Zenmap GUI.  While XML is grea… Continue reading Converting NMAP XML Files to HTML with xsltproc

Addressing the lack of knowledge around pen testing

The vast majority of attackers are opportunist criminals looking for easy targets to maximize their profits. If defenses are sufficiently fortified, finding a way through will be so difficult and time consuming that all but the most elite nation-state … Continue reading Addressing the lack of knowledge around pen testing

Addressing the lack of knowledge around pen testing

The vast majority of attackers are opportunist criminals looking for easy targets to maximize their profits. If defenses are sufficiently fortified, finding a way through will be so difficult and time consuming that all but the most elite nation-state … Continue reading Addressing the lack of knowledge around pen testing

Most companies have high-risk vulnerabilities on their network perimeter

Positive Technologies performed instrumental scanning of the network perimeter of selected corporate information systems. A total of 3,514 hosts were scanned, including network devices, servers, and workstations. The results show the presence of high-r… Continue reading Most companies have high-risk vulnerabilities on their network perimeter

Theory and practice of web application security efforts in organizations worldwide

75% of executives believe their organization scans all web applications for security vulnerabilities, while nearly 50% of security staff say they don’t, a Netsparker survey reveals. Web application security efforts are insufficient Even more conc… Continue reading Theory and practice of web application security efforts in organizations worldwide

GitHub envisions a world with fewer software vulnerabilities

After five months in beta, the GitHub Code Scanning security feature has been made generally available to all users: for free for public repositories, as a paid option for private ones. “So much of the world’s development happens on GitHub that s… Continue reading GitHub envisions a world with fewer software vulnerabilities

Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0

Over a year has passed since Nmap had last been updated, but this weekend Gordon “Fyodor” Lyon announced Nmap 7.90. About Nmap Nmap is a widely used free and open-source network scanner. The utility is used for network inventorying, port sc… Continue reading Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0