Hacking tools and techniques

Two years ago, Dave Kennedy, a penetration tester, social engineering expert and contributor to the website social-engineer.com, wanted to create a tool for pen testers to simulate social engineering attacks. Kennedy, now CSO at security systems vendor Diebold, says the popularity of the toolkit has been remarkable

So you think you know OpenSSH inside and out? Test your chops against this hit parade of 16 expert tips and tricks.

Zero-day hacks destined for the Android platform cost 4 times less on the exploit sale market than their counterparts bound for Apple’s iOS, according to an article from Forbes.

The company was able to link an email address used by the group to a hacker in the Chinese underground.

Rogue Chrome browser extensions have been used to gain persistent unauthorized access to Facebook accounts.