5 Steps to Doing Automation Right

If 2018 was the year of realizing the promise of automation, then 2019 will be the year that enterprises adopt and implement it across their security and DevOps teams. According to a study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and Juniper Networks in mid… Continue reading 5 Steps to Doing Automation Right

Python script for finding XSS vulnerabilities with mechanize [on hold]

It’s my first attempt to make a python script that can find Cross-Site Script vulnerability on a web page.
First, it will fetch all the <input> tag from a <form> in a webpage.
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Companies getting serious about AI and analytics, 58% are evaluating data science platforms

New O’Reilly research found that 58 percent of today’s companies are either building or evaluating data science platforms – which are essential for companies that are keen on growing their data science teams and machine learning capabilities – wh… Continue reading Companies getting serious about AI and analytics, 58% are evaluating data science platforms

Attackers Are Leveraging Automation

Cybercriminals are weaponizing automation and machine learning to create increasingly evasive attack vectors, and the internet of things (IoT) has proven to be the catalyst driving this trend. IoT is the birthplace of many of the new types o… Continue reading Attackers Are Leveraging Automation

Automation: The Lingua Franca of IT Security

There are two words that can elicit fear from enterprise executives like nothing else: security breach. Yet, despite this, CISOs have all but resigned themselves to knowing those words are likely to come at some point during their tenure. The challeng… Continue reading Automation: The Lingua Franca of IT Security

Trying to write an automated pen testing script with command line tools, is this possible?

Is there a list of command line or scriptable pen test tools that will provide good security? Is there a known list of things that cannot be tested with command line tools? My goal is to write a script that will just run a … Continue reading Trying to write an automated pen testing script with command line tools, is this possible?

Maturing Your Security Operations Center With the Art and Science of Threat Hunting

By combining repeatable processes for threat hunting with intelligent solutions and skilled analysts, organizations can improve threat response and protect their most critical assets.

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Adventures in Automating a Candle Factory

Have you ever considered the manufacture of candles? Not necessarily manufacturing them yourself, but how they are manufactured in a small-scale industrial setting? It’s something that has been of great concern to Michael Schuldt as he grappled with the task of automating a simple manual candle production process.

It’s not just an interesting subject, but the topic of manufacturing automation is something we can all learn from. This was the subject of his Adventures in Manufacturing Automation talk at the recent Hackaday Superconference which you’ll find below the break. Let’s dive in and see what this is all about!

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