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May 10, 2011 by CyberRad

PTES – Penetration Testing Execution Standard

Penetration Testing… What is it?  To most companies, that either choose or are forced to get one, the image of Uber-hackers defiling their business critical systems comes to mind.  Yes, an Uber-hacker should be expected but this isn’t always the case.  There are a number of disreputable firms out there that run a Nessus scan [...]

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May 5, 2011 by CyberRad

Using Netcat, the TCP/IP swiss army knife

Netcat has been called the TCP/IP swiss army knife and rightfully so.  It can act as a service by listening for a connection, a client and connect to open ports, a port scanner, a tool used to fingerprint a connectable service, and much more.  In this article I will touch on handful of these abilities.