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| 04.09.2025 | Build Practical Cyber Defense Skills with This 5-Course Bundle | TL;DR: This $19.99 cybersecurity bundle includes five courses and lifetime access to in-demand tools, techniques, and real-world training.
For IT professionals, aspiring security analysts, or anyone looking to expand their technical skill-s... |
| 15.08.2025 | Things to Consider Before Hiring a Hacker | Share
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How to Choose a Good Hacker: A Practical Guide
The word hacker often triggers mixed feelings. For some, it’s a term tied to cybercrime; for others, it’s a skilled problem-solver who can recover lost accounts, t... |
| 03.05.2025 | The Update Dilemma: Kali Linux and Meta's Cross-Promotion Strategy | In the tech world, updates are like the changing seasons. They bring new life, but sometimes, they come with storms. Recently, Kali Linux users found themselves caught in a tempest. The popular penetration testing tool faced significant upd... |
| 29.04.2025 | Kali Linux users warned that updates are likely to fail for a few days | Showing that it is not just Windows 11 that has issues with updates, Offensive Security has issued a warning that Kali Linux updates are likely to fail “in the coming days”.
The Linux distro has proved an important tool in penetration testi... |
| 28.08.2024 | Cybersecurity in 2024: A Recruiting Company’s Guide to Attracting Top Talent | Share
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The modern threat landscape is rapidly changing and includes rapid digital transformation, remote work, and sophisticated threat actors. For any cybersecurity recruiting company, that means staying ahead of the... |
| 06.06.2024 | Вышел Kali Linux 2024.2 | Offensive Security объявила о выпуске дистрибутива для пентестеров Kali Linux версии 2024.2. Релиз состоялся чуть более чем через три месяца после выхода Kali Linux 2024.1.
Главным нововведением стало завершение перехода на t64, что устраня... |
| 11.08.2023 | Buguard, an Egyptian offensive security startup, has raised $500,000 in a seed round of funding | Buguard, an offensive security, and dark web surveillance company based in Egypt, announced that it has acquired $500,000 in seed funding to expand its staff and concentrate on product, sales, and channel affiliations.
A15, the MENA venture... |
| 11.01.2023 | How upskilling and training providers help close the cybersecurity skills gap | Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here.
The cybersecurity skills gap is one of the most pressing challenges facing security teams as we move into 2023. With research highlighting a shortfall of 3.4 mi... |
| 19.08.2022 | 10 top cybersecurity online courses and certifications in 2022 | Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here.
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| 04.07.2022 | Сертификация OSEP, и с чем ее едят | Привет, Хабр!
Относительно недавно (в масштабах вечности) я сдал экзамен Offensive Security Experienced Penetration Tester в рамках курса PEN-300 от Offensive Security.
В этой публикации я постараюсь рассказать о том, что это за сертификаци... |
| 13.04.2022 | Becoming a web security expert, или Как я готовился и сдавал OSWE | Привет, Хабр! Меня зовут @killinem, и я работаю ведущим экспертом отдела анализа защищенности компании Angara Security. В этом посте я хочу рассказать о своем опыте прохождение курса AWAE и сдачи экзамена OSWE от Offensive Security. Это, по... |
| 22.12.2021 | Offensive Security’s Ning Wang: Following Her Passion From Physics To Cybersecurity CEO | Ning Wang, CEO at Offensive SecurityOffensive Security |
| 22.09.2021 | Большая подборка полезных ресурсов от экспертов Positive Technologies: от лаб и подкастов до блогеров и сообществ | Хотите быть в курсе всего интересного, что происходит в практической информационной безопасности? Знать, за чьими твитами стоит следить, где можно подружиться с коллегами по цеху, что в первую очередь читать и смотреть, чтобы почерпнуть фун... |
| 13.08.2021 | Serbian automated offensive security testing tool Trickest raises €1.4 million | Looking to reshape the manner in which bug hunters, penetration testers, and offensive security teams do what they do, Belgrade startup Trickest has raised €1.4 million in a seed round. The funding is expected to fuel a recruitment drive th... |
| 19.04.2021 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
Cisco : 11 Resources to Help You Get Started in the Cybersecurity Industry | The cybersecurity industry is hiring. In November 2018, The New York Times reported that a total of 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs would be available but go unfilled by 2021. This employment gap increased in the year that followed. (ISC)2 e... |
| 12.04.2021 | Cybersecurity training startup Hack The Box raises $10.6M Series A led by Paladin Capital | Cybersecurity training startup Hack The Box, which emerged originally from Greece, has raised a Series A investment round of $10.6 million, led by Paladin Capital Group and joined by Osage University Partners, Brighteye Ventures and existin... |
| 29.11.2020 | Etizaz Mohsin becomes the first Pakistani to receive the most difficult OSEE cybersecurity certification in the world | Etizaz Mohsin is an information security researcher and enthusiast from Pakistan. He received his bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering from Riphah International University with a keen interest in cybersecurity and pentesting. So what m... |
| 31.07.2020 | Offensive Security Acquires VulnHub | Offensive Security, a NYC-based provider of online hands-on training and certification for information security professionals, acquired VulnHub, an open source security training resource hub.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The ac... |
| 23.04.2020 | The 13 best security certifications for newcomers and experienced professionals | Even though IT teams will face budget cuts due to the economic downturn, it’s a safe bet that security professionals will still be in high demand. The coronavirus lockdown has only increased the need for a strong cybersecurity defense.
If y... |
| 27.11.2019 | New Undercover mode lets Kali Linux users pretend to be running Windows | Kali Linux is a security-focused, Debian-based distro popular with hackers and penetration testers. It can be used to identify, detect, and exploit vulnerabilities uncovered in a target network environment.
Offensive Security, which maintai... |
| 14.11.2019 | Why Kali Linux is loved by penetration testers [Q&A] | Penetration testing is an essential tool for organizations to make sure their systems are safe and secure. It probes systems by attacking them in the way that a hacker would.
But for many, the concept of pentesting is something of a dark ar... |
| 08.07.2019 | Kali Linux arrives on Raspberry Pi 4 | Offensive Security has released Kali Linux for Raspberry Pi 4.
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The new build of the security-focused distro comes just two weeks after the launch of the Raspberry Pi 4, the most powerful version of the mini-computer yet. Offen... |
| 27.06.2019 | New offering gives enterprises greater flexibility in security training | Cybersecurity is often as much about people as it is about technology. But despite increasing their spending, organizations are still struggling to close the cybersecurity skills gap.
Training and certification company Offensive Security is... |
| 27.06.2019 | Freemium’s public moment | Ben Spero Contributor
Ben Spero is managing director of Spectrum Equity. His areas of investment focus include internet, software and information services. Prior to joining Spectrum, Ben worked at Bain & Company and co-founded TouchPak,... |
| 23.05.2019 | Kali Linux 2019.2 released with updated kernel and Kali Linux NetHunter | Three months after the last major release, it's time for the second Kali Linux release of the year. Kali Linux 2019.2 is here, and in addition to an updated kernel, there's also an updated version of Kali Linux NetHunter, complete with supp... |
| 18.03.2019 | Addressing the skills gap with advanced web attack training now available online | There is a shortage of cybersecurity professionals and coupled with the exponential growth in web applications used within businesses and by consumers around the world, there's a growing risk of flaws being exploited.
To combat this problem... |
| 19.10.2018 | The life of an ethical hacker [Q&A] | We often hear the term 'ethical hacker', but what exactly does this involve and is it something you can actually make a career out of?
We spoke to Jim O'Gorman president of online penetration testing training provider Offensive Security to ... |
| 05.09.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, September 5 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER
A venture firm called Hypothesis Ventures has formed to take advantage of a new $6 trillion opportunity — and that opportunity is found outside Silicon Valley.
Paid Content Securing the enterprise without boundaries Fr... |
| 04.09.2018 | Offensive Security Receives Private Equity Investment | Offensive Security, a NYC-based provider of online penetration testing training and certification, received a growth investment of undisclosed amount.
The round was led by Spectrum Equity, with participation from TenEleven Ventures.
The com... |
| 20.02.2018 | NSA Exploit Now Powering Cryptocurrency Mining Malware | You may have been asked if you’d like to try your hand at mining cryptocurrency. You may have demurred, citing the shortage in graphics cards or perhaps wary you were being coaxed into an elaborate Ponzi scheme. So much for opting out. Than... |
| 30.06.2017 | NotPetya developers may have obtained NSA exploits weeks before their public leak [Updated] | Enlarge / A computer screen displaying Eternalromance, one of the NSA exploits used in Tuesday's NotPetya outbreak.
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| 28.06.2017 | Ransomware Remixed: The Song Remains the Same | Another month, another ransomware epidemic. Broadsheets are screaming panic while companies yell back that All Is Well and Ukraine shows the world what gifs can do for incident response. Twitter is abuzz with the rapid, globalized forensics... |
| 27.06.2017 | A new ransomware outbreak similar to WCry is shutting down computers worldwide | Enlarge / The note left on computers infected by quick-spreading malware dubbed PetyaWrap.
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| 08.02.2017 | A rash of invisible, fileless malware is infecting banks around the globe | Claude Rains starred in the 1933 film adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic science fiction novel, The Invisible Man. It was directed by James Whelan.
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| 18.01.2016 | How to be an Ethical Hacker? Tips to choose the right path | Like many other people working in the field of information security in Pakistan, I also get tonnes of messages about “How to into this field”, “how to start”, “Where to start”, “Where to learn?”, “How to apply?”, “What skills do I need to s... |
| 23.09.2014 | Kali NetHunter turns Android device into hacker Swiss Army knife | Free to download, ready to customize, NetHunter puts the power of a pen-tester's Linux desktop on a Nexus phone or tablet.
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| 30.07.2010 | Workers easily tricked into revealing corporate secrets | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Social engineering is the (morally vague) art of ... |
| 30.07.2010 | Workers easily tricked into revealing corporate secrets | Social engineering is the (morally vague) art of tricking someone out of their company’s technical secrets just by talking to them. It often involves deceit and relies on the fact that the weakest link in any computer security system is a h... |
| 31.05.2008 | Friday evening Microsoft links, Video Lan (VLC) edition | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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| - | Cyberespionage: New Mustang Panda campaign targets Europe | Image: Adobe Stock
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group reported a new attack campaign from the infamous cyberespionage threat actor Mustang Panda, also known as Bronze President, RedDelta, HoneyMyte, TA416 or Red Lich with a particular focus on ... |
| - | OSCP: как я сдавал самый известный экзамен по информационной безопасности | Offensive Security Certified Professional отличается от других сертификаций по информационной безопасности адски сложным экзаменом. Ребята из Offensive Security бегают по интернету и пристально следят за тем, чтобы никакие подсказки или гот... |
| - | Snowflake is hiring for over 800 roles worldwide, many paying over $100,000. Here are the certifications and skills needed to get hired. | REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Snowflake is hiring hundreds of experts across multiple teams. The roles can pay upward of $200,000, depending on ... |
