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Keep data top secret to fight social engineering

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| 29/07/2009

...is similar when inside an office. Other departments may be less secure. Peter Wood, chief of operations for penetration tester First Base Technologies, points out that many departments rely heavily on outsourcing, both for IT and for physical... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/29/237091/Keep-data-top-secret-to-fight-social-engineering.htm

Cyber cops face legal and diplomatic hurdles

News analysis
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| 25/06/2009

...only problems. The government recognises that identifying a hostile attacker is difficult. The problem, says penetration tester Peter Wood, is that most attackers hide behind networks of compromised PCs, known as botnets. These are sometimes... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236654/cyber-cops-face-legal-and-diplomatic-hurdles.htm

Diary of a penetration tester

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 16/04/2004

SMEs Diary of a penetration tester Poor passwords, Russian hacking groups and more new vulnerabilities. Here pen tester Richard Brain describes his week Monday... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2004/04/16/201842/diary-of-a-penetration-tester.htm

Firms failing to protect web servers, says Sophos

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| 25/09/2008

...administrators in many organisations tend to have more skills in Windows than Linux. Adrian Pastor, senior penetration tester at security firm Procheckup, says this means they are less confident of making any modifications to Linux-based... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/09/25/232431/firms-failing-to-protect-web-servers-says-sophos.htm

Hacker techniques use Google to unearth sensitive data

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| 19/03/2007

...happen." Bowers isn't the first security expert to warn that Google could be used to unearth company secrets. Penetration tester Johnny Long has made headlines explaining ways to turn Google into a malicious tool, and his johnny.ihackstuff... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/03/19/222510/hacker-techniques-use-google-to-unearth-sensitive-data.htm

Cases show reform of Computer Misuse Act is essential if it is to be fair and relevant

Opinion
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| 29/11/2005

...with the police went badly. At trial his defence team argued his intentions were obviously benign and that as a penetration tester he possessed the skills and tools to cause large-scale disruption without being detected - which he plainly had... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2005/11/29/213154/cases-show-reform-of-computer-misuse-act-is-essential-if-it-is-to-be-fair-and.htm

Pentagon hacker worked for City IT departments

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| 21/11/2002

...contractor was at the centre of such a high-profile hacking case. Most recently McKinnon claims to have worked as a penetration tester for consultancy Interrorem, which provides security advice to businesses, though this was denied by the firm this... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2002/11/21/191106/pentagon-hacker-worked-for-city-it-departments.htm

Penetration tests measure firms

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| 26/02/2007

...at security consultancy and penetration tester Information Risk Management...target scanning phase lets the penetration tester assess the size of what Haagman...written system could let a penetration tester copy your entire customer database... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/02/26/221399/Penetration-tests-measure-firms39-security.htm

The Art of Software Security Testing

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 12/06/2007

...boring. Some level of automation can speed up this process of file creation and testing to free the application penetration tester to do other, more interesting things. Automated File Corruption Binary file formats can be complicated... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/06/12/224710/the-art-of-software-security-testing.htm

Old attack vectors are back in style

News analysis
| www.computerweekly.com
| 03/08/2006

...in Web applications and recovering sensitive information, such as usernames and passwords. Eng, a veteran penetration tester and former consultant for security giant Symantec Corp. and @stake, said there's no need to bother attacking... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/08/04/217409/Old-attack-vectors-are-back-in-style.htm

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CareerAcademy.com Offers New EC-Council Certified Security Analyst / Licensed Penetration Tester Training Videos

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| 11/08/2009

...Security Analyst / Licensed Penetration Tester Training Videos CareerAcademy...Analyst (ECSA) / Licensed Penetration Tester (LPT) video training program...Analyst (ECSA) / Licensed Penetration Tester (LPT) video training program... http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2732564.htm

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