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Top 6 Cybersecurity Books from Packt to Accelerate Your Career

With new technology threats, rising international tensions, and state-sponsored cyber-attacks, cybersecurity is more important than ever. In organizations worldwide, there is not only a…

3 years ago

Why secure web-based applications with Kali Linux?

The security of web-based applications is of critical importance. The strength of an application is about more than the collection…

4 years ago

Kali Linux 2019.4 released with Xfce, new desktop environment, a new GTK3 theme, and much more!

On November 26, the Kali Linux team announced its fourth and final release of 2019, Kali Linux 2019.4, which is…

4 years ago

Glen Singh on why Kali Linux is an arsenal for any cybersecurity professional [Interview]

Kali Linux is a popular term for anyone related to computer security. It is the most renowned tool for advanced…

4 years ago

10 times ethical hackers spotted software vulnerability and averted a crisis

A rise in multiple cyber-attacks and the lack of knowledge and defenses to tackle them has made it extremely important…

5 years ago

How has ethical hacking benefited the software industry

In an online world infested with hackers, we need more ethical hackers. But all around the world, hackers have long…

5 years ago

Netflix security engineers report several TCP networking vulnerabilities in FreeBSD and Linux kernels

Yesterday, the security engineers at Netflix reported several TCP networking vulnerabilities in FreeBSD and Linux kernels. Out of these vulnerabilities,…

5 years ago

Listen: We discuss what it means to be hacker with Adrian Pruteanu [Podcast]

With numerous high profile security breaches in recent years, cybersecurity feels like a particularly urgent issue. But while the media…

5 years ago

Kali Linux 2019.1 released with support for Metasploit 5.0

Yesterday, Kali Linux’s first release for 2019 was announced. Kali Linux 2019.1 comes with a variety of changes and new…

5 years ago

Security experts, Wolf Halton and Bo Weaver, discuss pentesting and cybersecurity [Interview]

This is Part 2 of the interview with our two Kali Linux experts, Wolf Halton, and Bo Weaver, on using…

5 years ago