Category: Blog posts
March 28, 2017 | by Kristoffer | Blog posts, Company News

Thank you for being one of the earliest students of the Mobile Application Security and Penetration Testing v2! First and foremost, we want to congratulate the select few of you for blazing through the certification. And, to those who are yet to take the exams, don’t stop – your eMAPT is already on the horizon!
Tags: cybersecurity, eLearnSecurity, IT Security, masptv2, Mobile Application Security and Penetration Testing, mobile security, penetration testing, security, UNLOCKED
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March 23, 2017 | by Kristoffer | Blog posts, Company News

The Networking and IT Security Society, or NETsoc, recently concluded their 7th annual TacOps on March 4th, 2017 at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Networking Lab in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The organization’s premiere winter event, TacOps tests challengers’ cybersecurity prowess and know-how with various attack and defense competitions, squaring them off against peers and international participants.
Tags: Capture the Flag, cybersecurity, eLearnSecurity, IT Security, IT security training courses, NETsoc, ptpv4, PTS, TacOps, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, UOIT
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March 16, 2017 | by Kristoffer | Blog posts
Before we go on an altogether different vulnerability hunt on Tuesday with Google’s Kostya Serebryany, warm up by tackling this regular expression brainXploit challenge.

We’ll wait for your answers in the brainXploit thread in the eLearnSecurity Community Forums.
Tags: brainXploit, cybersecurity, eLearnSecurity, regex, regular expression, vulnerability hunt
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March 9, 2017 | by Kristoffer | Blog posts, Company News, Video

As some of you probably figured out already, we just can’t get enough of a good hacking event here at eLearnSecurity. And now, we’re back at it – we’re pleased to announce that we’ve collaborated with Cyber Security Challenge Belgium as one of its prize partners for the third installment of this security competition.
Tags: Coliseum WAS 360, CSCBE, Cyber Security Challenge Belgium, cybersecurity, eLearnSecurity, IT Security, IT security training courses, penetration testing course, penetration testing professional, penetration testing student, ptpv4, PTS, web application security
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March 7, 2017 | by Kristoffer | Blog posts

Strap on your boots, because on March 21st, 2017 1:00 PM ET, eLearnSecurity is taking you hunting in our latest webinar. This time, we’re bringing you a live demonstration of real-world vulnerability hunt, where we’ll see how a fuzzing test could’ve identified and prevented the havoc caused by the infamous Heartbleed bug.
Tags: buffer overflow, cybersecurity, fuzz testing, Fuzzing, Google, IT Security, IT security training courses, OSS-Fuzz, webinar
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February 23, 2017 | by Kristoffer | Blog posts, Company News, Video
FINALLY! After weeks of schedules, itineraries, and reservations – not to mention the unfortunate mishap at Henri Coandă International – MISSION: Dubai winner Costin-Alin Neacsu stepped foot in the emirate of Dubai on January 15th, 2017.
Day 1: Touchdown!
Some of the eLearnSecurity Dubai team greeted him at the Al Maktoum International Airport in the southern part of the city.
Tags: cybersecurity, Dubai, eLearnSecurity, IT Security, IT security training courses, mission, MISSION Dubai
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February 16, 2017 | by Kristoffer | Blog posts

So, after all the hard work, countless late-night sessions, and dozens of inanimate objects kicked out of frustration, you’ve finally made it. The email you’ve been waiting around for days has arrived in your inbox, and it says that you’re now eLearnSecurity-certified!
Tags: eLearnSecurity, IT Security, IT security certifications, IT security training courses, LinkedIn
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February 10, 2017 | by Kristoffer | Blog posts
As Sherlock Holmes would say, this challenge is “elementary, my dear Watson.”

Deciphered it? Tell us the what the hidden message is in the forums!
Tags: brainXploit, cipher, cryptography, cybersecurity, IT Security
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February 7, 2017 | by Kristoffer | Blog posts, Company News

Mark your calendars: this February 28th 2017, the Netsparker and eLearnSecurity teams will unite to host the technical webinar, Effectiveness of Automated Web Security Scanners. The event – kicking off at 1 PM ET – will be hosted by none other than Netsparker’s Product Architect, CEO, and founder, Ferruh Mavituna.
Tags: automated tools, cybersecurity, eLearnSecurity, IT Security, IT security training courses, Netsparker, sqli, web app security scanner, web application security, webinar, xss
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January 12, 2017 | by Kristoffer | Blog posts

We’re now in the midst of 2017, and to kick off the year right, we decided to get down and dirty and go back to the basics. On January 24th – as promised – we’re going to get technical and bring all of you behind the scenes of a real-world penetration test in See through the eyes of a Pentester – Live Pentesting Scenario in Hera Lab.
Tags: live hacking, penetration test, penetration tester, penetration testing, penetration testing student, pentest, pentester, ptsv3, webinar
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