Tag Archives: intruder

10+ things you should know about rootkits

By Michael Kassner, Techrepublic Malware-based rootkits fuel a multibillion dollar spyware industry by stealing individual or corporate financial information. If that weren’t bad enough, rootkit-based botnets generate untold amounts of spam. Here’s a look at what rootkits are and what to do about them. Rootkits are complex and ever changing, which makes it difficult to… Read More »

Samurai Web Testing Framework – Web Application Security LiveCD

Most penetration tests are focused on either network attacks or web application attacks. Given this separation, many pen testers themselves have understandably followed suit, specializing in one type of test or the other. While such specialization is a sign of a vibrant, healthy penetration testing industry, tests focused on only one of these aspects of… Read More »