Final Course and Exam Review: Pen Testing with BackTrack

Ryan Linn’s Column Page (content/category/7/40/24/) for Parts 1 – 4 as well as several other contributions to The Ethical Hacker Network and our community of security professionals.

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Interview: Joe McCray of LearnSecurityOnline

Review by Jason Haddix

Have you ever seen Man on Fire? If you haven’t and you like watching kick-ass, kick-you-in-the-teeth, relentless, Denzel-Washington-type of-action-flicks… you might want to Netflix that one. Our interview this week is kind of like Denzel in Man on Fire but with less guns and more SQLi strings meticulously crafted to pwn your databases.

Enter Joe (j0e) McCray of LearnSecurityOnline… Joe is a long standing friend of both Security Aegis and The Ethical Continue reading

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SSHliders – Answers

Hello challenge fans. Sorry for the long delay, but better late than never, right? Actually this one caused a little debate, because we did not have anyone that gave a completely accurate answer on either the technical or creative sides. But in considering that these challenges are not just contests but also great ways to learn, we decided to release the answers without any winners. So although there are no signed copies of Ed Skoudis’ book, Counter Hack Reloaded (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131481045/thedigitalcon-20?creative=327641 Continue reading

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Jan 2010 Free Giveaway Winner – Black Hat DC

We Have a Winner!!

Black Hat DC (http://www.blackhat.com) on us. The Washington, DC version of the world’s premier technical event for security experts is being held January 31 – February 3, 2010. One Passport Admission Ticket worth $1995 allows our winner entry into the 2-Day Briefings portion of the event. The event is described as, Understanding the increasingly complex threats posed to an enterprise can be a daunting task for today’s security professional. Knowing how to secure an enterprise Continue reading

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EH-Net January 2010 Newsletter

As a courtesy to our members, we try to keep you informed of some of the more interesting items that have been published in our online magazine by sending out an electronic newsletter by email. But not everyone interested in our content is a member. For that reason, we have decided to also publish the newsletter in article format for all to see. Each EH-Net newsletter features the major articles of the past month such as our Free Monthly Giveaways, reviews of books, courses and products as well as Continue reading

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