In June 2011, the official vsftpd download server (hosted on SourceForge) was compromised. An attacker replaced the legitimate vsftpd 2.3.4 source code with a backdoored version. Any server that ...

Bug bounty programs are a great way to practice ethical hacking, improve cybersecurity skills, and earn rewards. If you’re an aspiring bug bounty hunter, setting up a lab at home is the first step.

When most people think of hacking, they think of Linux. I used to turn my nose up at even the idea of hacking from a Mac because it didn’t make sense. Nowadays, it’s all I’ve been using for my OSINT ...

Penetration testing, often referred to as pen testing, is a critical practice in the field of cybersecurity. It involves simulating cyber-attacks on a system, network, or web application to identify ...

When law enforcement agencies tout their latest cybercriminal arrest, the defendant is often cast as a bravado outlaw engaged in sophisticated, lucrative, even exciting activity. But new research ...

Kali Linux is the world’s most popular offensive-security-optimized Linux distro. Maintained and managed by the fine folks at Offensive Security, Kali was born in 2006 as BackTrack Linux, but after a ...

Raphael Mudge is the creator of Cobalt Strike (CS), around 2010 he released a tool titled Armitage, which is described by wikipedia as a graphical cyber-attack management for the Metasploit Project, ...

FireEye today released Commando VM, which according to the company, is a "first of its kind Windows-based security distribution for penetration testing and red teaming." When it comes to the ...