Version 3.0 of BackTrack has been released. BackTrack is a Linux-based distribution dedicated to penetration testing or hacking (depending on how you look at it). It contains more than 300 of the ...

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 ...

The insertion of a backdoor into code used by most Linux distributions was discovered and fixed ‘before it posed a significant risk to the broader Linux community,’ says Red Hat’s Vincent Danen. The ...

Kali Linux 2023.3, the third version of 2023, is now available for download, with nine new tools and internal optimizations. Kali Linux is a Linux distribution created for ethical hackers and ...

Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2022.3, the third version of 2022, with virtual machine improvements, Linux Kernel 5.18.5, new tools to play with, and improved ARM support. Kali Linux is a ...

An Australian security firm is about to launch a clustered Linux distribution that aims to utilise the unused nightly processing power of desktop PCs. Dubbed CHAOS, the software is able to remotely ...

The parlous state of software and IT infrastructure security is also a career opportunity, with malware analysts, security researchers, penetration testers and red teams all in demand. Defenders need ...

If you talk to as many hackers as I do, ethical hackers that is, you quickly get used to one thing: the popularity of one particular operating system. You would probably guess that it's going to be a ...