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Reversing & Exploiting with Free Tools: Part 3

In part two of this series, we learned to solve the exercise stack1 using x64dbg, debugging tool that allows us to analyze a program by running it, tracing it, even allowing us to set breakpoints, etc. In those tools we’re not only running the program, we can also reach the function to analyze and execute it. But even when a tool like this is easy to use, there are many cases where it’s not...
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What is the California Consumer Privacy Act?

Thu, 01/23/2020
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the latest data privacy law in the Golden State, went into effect on January 1st, 2020. Some have compared it to the UK’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), and they’re not far off – like the GDPR, the CCPA is intended to protect individuals’ private data by making data collection and usage more transparent between consumers and companies. What...
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How to Choose: Penetration Tester vs. Red Team

Tue, 08/22/2017
Don’t be misled into thinking that because you have a Penetration Tester that you have a Red Team – or that because you have a Red Team you have a Penetration Tester. While some functions may overlap, you are getting two different things when enlisting the help of each.
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The Threat and Vulnerability Management Maturity Model
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The Threat and Vulnerability Management Maturity Model

Thu, 02/21/2013
There are differences between each of the high-profile hacks you’ve seen in recent headlines, but there are also a few consistent characteristics of the modern breach. Inevitably, we discover known software vulnerabilities were left unpatched, networks were exposed and critical assets were open to attack.
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The Exponential Nature of Password Cracking Costs

Mon, 02/11/2013
Flavio De Cristofaro used to run our Security Consulting Services (SCS) group and long time password cracking enthusiast was recently asked to present at AppSecLatam2012 on Lessons learned from Recent Password Leaks. The following is his analysis on the exponential nature of password cracking costs. The exponential nature of password cracking costs Let’s assume for a moment that you suffered a...
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