Definition: Penetration testing is a process in which a security professional simulates an attack on a network or computer system to evaluate its security—with the permission of that system’s owners.

A new Mirai-based botnet malware named 'ShadowV2' has been observed targeting IoT devices from D-Link, TP-Link, and other vendors with exploits for known vulnerabilities.

Security firm CrowdStrike has posted a preliminary post-incident report about the botched update to its Falcon security software that caused as many as 8.5 million Windows PCs to crash over the ...

Strike Security, a continuous penetration testing platform that combines automation with ethical hackers, has secured a $5.4 million seed investment to make bug hunting more accessible to small ...

Keysight Technologies Inc. KEYS recently introduced the Next-Generation Embedded Security Testbench, a solution engineered to address growing security challenges of modern chips and embedded devices.

All security administrators have 802.11-based wireless in their environments, right? Actually, many Windows administrators would be inclined to answer "no" or "in limited areas" to this question, ...

In 1983, I completed a computer security test for a Top Tier U.S. bank. Their idea not mine, because the CEO was alert enough and worried about early signs of computer crime in banking. I never ...

Federal employee groups and at least one prominent lawmaker are criticizing a recent computer security test conducted by the Justice Department to gauge employees' susceptibility to Internet scams.

Computer security in the nuclear supply chain is an important element of risk management. Nuclear facilities and operations rely upon complex networks of suppliers, vendors, and integrators to provide ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eclypses, a leader in end-point data protection, today announced that it received the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-3 (FIPS 140-3) validation ...

Ixia on Monday said it reached a definitive agreement to acquire BreakingPoint Systems Inc. of Austin, Texas for about $160 million in cash The Calabasas maker of network testing products for telecom ...