Core Impact 18.1 release brought a ton of streamlined enhancements and new capabilities to the client-side vector in general, and phishing in particular. To be clear on terms, I consider phishing to be inducing a target to follow a link presented in an email for the purposes of capturing credentials for some system or another. Using an email to get a user to overtly run a compromised attachment or covertly execute an exploit payload falls under the broader client-side umbrella.
Exploit types
- Phishing, SQL, Brute Force DDOS
Teaming
- Red teams, blue teams, purple teams
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Pen testing tools
open source, enterprise, or an arsenal
Vulnerability scanning
Pen testing services
Pen Test Pivoting
Core Impact 2017 R1 and Metasploit Pro are tools used to create multi-staged, real-world attacks to test enterprise security defenses. Organizations need improved visibility into the the holes in their enterprise network defenses. Pen Testing tools allow an organization to evaluate their ability to detect, prevent, and respond to attacks using multi-staged, real-world attacks.
There are many reasons to penetration test your organization – and not just to adhere to compliance protocols. Nonetheless, sometimes that’s the routine we get caught in, isn’t it? We do it just because we have to, but we don’t leverage the findings from the tests to better secure our business.
Well, today’s the day we start leveraging and seeing the true value behind penetration testing. Take a look at these four ways in which you can benefit from penetration tests.
Safeguard Your Infrastructure and Data
Welcome to part two of our series on building a vulnerability management program. Today we go through steps three and four of our build but if you missed last week, you can catch up here.
Red Team Basics
The SANS definition of a Red Team is, “a process designed to detect network and system vulnerabilities and test security by taking an attacker-like approach to system/network/data access.”
The Equifax breach was caused by a vulnerability. The WannaCry virus exploited a vulnerability. The stories don’t seem to end but it seems like no one is talking about how to solve this problem which is: start a vulnerability management program.
“Manage the vulnerabilities in my network? Sounds easy” well, not so much, but not so difficult that you shouldn’t be spending time and resources on it. This blog covers the planning and set up of vulnerability management programs.
At the age of six, my parents were looking for ways to get me out of the house and burn some of that energy every six-year-old child has. On top of being pretty small, I grew up in a small town. So my options for youth sports were pretty limited. However, through a series of conversations, my parents decided to get me involved in the youth wrestling program. What I didn’t understand at the time, was this was the beginning of many life lessons. In today’s blog, I want to talk about a few of those lessons and how they correlate to running web application pen tests.
You can have all the tools in place: firewalls, security programs, routinely updated passwords and security team members. But that still might not be enough.
As with most anything in life, you want to set SMART goals. Setting goals that follow this guideline (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound) allows you to form hypotheses and set firm parameters around your work and what potential outcomes to expect. This is no different for the Red Team whose sole purpose is to test the security measures currently in place and test how to improve or continue that in your infrastructure.