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The OSCP is a hands-on penetration testing certification, requiring holders to successfully attack and penetrate various live machines in a safe lab environment. [2] It is considered more technical than other ethical hacking certifications, [3] [4] and is one of the few certifications that requires evidence of practical penetration testing ...
A security hacker or security researcher is someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network. [1] Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, information gathering, [2] challenge, recreation, [3] or evaluation of a system weaknesses to assist in formulating defenses against potential hackers.
Offensive Security (also known as OffSec) [1] is an American international company working in information security, penetration testing and digital forensics.Operating from around 2007, [2] the company created open source projects, advanced security courses, the ExploitDB vulnerability database, and the Kali Linux distribution.
A gray box penetration test is a combination of the two (where limited knowledge of the target is shared with the auditor). [6] A penetration test can help identify a system's vulnerabilities to attack and estimate how vulnerable it is. [7] [5] Security issues that the penetration test uncovers should be reported to the system owner. [8]
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Huawei Technologies asked a U.S. judge to dismiss much of a federal indictment accusing the Chinese telecommunications company of trying to steal technology secrets from U.S. rivals and misleading ...
Kali Linux has a dedicated project set aside for compatibility and porting to specific Android devices, called Kali NetHunter. [14]It is the first open source Android penetration testing platform for Nexus devices, created as a joint effort between the Kali community member "BinkyBear" and Offensive Security.