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March 11, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Researches

The Pentagon has been given a go signal to fast-track the hiring of 3,000 cybersecurity employees and fill the remaining 6000 positions in the United States Cyber Command by 2016. Data attacks have been constantly growing but there is a shortage of people to combat them.
Tags: cybersecurity employee, hiring, IT Security, job opportunity
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February 28, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Blog posts

Anyone going to the Blackhat event in Singapore? The brightest researchers and professionals in the industry will gather for four days at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore for the Black Hat Asia 2015!
This is a big event that brings together IT Security experts, information security researchers and cybersecurity enthusiasts in the region.
Tags: black hat, Black Hat Asia 2015, Event
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February 17, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Researches

We rounded up the Top 5 Hackme challenges started by users in January 2015. Based on the list, we have a new entry which is the Simple Directory Traversal 2 Challenge.
Hack.me is a free-for-all virtual lab on web application security that offers various fun and challenging scenarios to test your penetration testing skills.
Tags: chat, hack.me, hackme
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February 15, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Company News

eLearnSecurity redefines penetration testing training for beginners.
We are excited to launch our new IT Security training course, Penetration Testing Student version 3 – PTSv3! Get all the details of the course such as content, plans, and features and have a live walk-through of the modules.
Tags: penetration testing student, PTS, ptsv3
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February 7, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Blog posts

Google has launched the Vulnerability Research Grant which is an experimental initiative to reward information security researchers that look into their products and services even if there are no vulnerabilities found. These IT researchers (sometimes known as white-hat hackers) will be provided upfront awards as high as 3,133.70 USD.
Tags: bug bounty, cybersecurity, Google, vulnerability, wapt, web application security
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January 30, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Researches

A software developer found a flaw in Verizon’s Mobile Application and submitted his findings to the broadband and telecommunications company. According to the researcher, Randy Westergren, there was an issue with the Verizon My FiOS app that allowed access to any user’s email account.
Tags: penetration test, proof of concept, responsible bug disclosure, vulnerability
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January 24, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Researches

Since its launch, web app security enthusiasts have uploaded various challenges in the Hackme community. Giuseppe Trotta, IT Security Researcher and main developer of this project, has compiled the most downloaded Hackme challenges in 2014.
Tags: hack.me, hacking skills, hackme, web application security
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January 17, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Researches

A list of the top vulnerabilities based on penetration tests conducted in the UK over the last year has been posted by TechUK. IT Security Researcher, Andrea Tarquini, shares his insights on how we can best fix these common web app security issues.
Tags: owasp, wapt, web application security, web vulnerabilities
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January 8, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Researches

It’s just the start of a new year and already three companies have been reported to have suffered Security breaches – restaurant chain Chick-Fil-A, bit-coin exchange Bitstamp, and investment firm Morgan Stanley.
Aside from the widely publicized Sony Hack reported late last year 2014, new headlines have been added to the list of cybersecurity victims.
Tags: Bitstamp, Chick-fil-A, cyberattack, Morgan Stanley, network security, penetration testing professional, ptp
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December 24, 2014 | by Edcel Suyo | Company News

Are you worried about storing sensitive documents in the cloud? We are and you should be too.
We here at eLearnSecurity are passionate about teaching and building IT Security tools. One of our latest projects is Izziedocs – an easy to use tool to get military-grade encryption for your documents in the cloud.
Tags: document encryption, izziecloud, izziedocs
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