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 ...

One of the headline items is the addition of ten new security tools to the Kali repositories. These tools reflect shifts in the field, toward AI-augmented recon, advanced wireless simulation and ...

Hackers are sometimes used as consultants to help companies improve their digital security. Referred to as ethical hackers, they use hacking software to test your systems to see if they’re vulnerable ...

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 ...

The open-source Metasploit Framework 5.0 has long been used by hackers and security professionals alike to break into systems. Now, this popular system penetration testing platform, which enables you ...

Metasploit is a penetration testing framework that makes hacking simple. It’s an essential tool for many attackers and defenders. Point Metasploit at your target, pick an exploit, what payload to drop ...

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a new Broadcom bug to its Known Exploited ...

Join us on Wednesday, July 8 at noon Pacific for the Linux in the Machine Shop Hack Chat with Andy Pugh! From the time that numeric control started making inroads into machine shops in the middle of ...

A Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) project called “Imperial” included three hacking tools for infiltrating the Mac and Linux operating systems, according to the latest “Vault 7” leaks. The documents ...

In a joint alert, the National Security Agency and FBI warned that Fancy Bear, a group of hackers from Russia's General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), are using a previously undisclosed ...