Category: Blog posts
February 4, 2016 | by Alissa Abaskanova | Blog posts

Imagine a young black-hat hacker, probably in his teens, who infiltrates systems and steals data from many different computer systems. He finally gets caught, and after facing the charges and maybe even jail time, he comes back to his passion of testing systems for vulnerabilities.
Tags: #infosec, Cyber Security, IT Security, IT security professional, IT security training, IT staff, mindset
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February 1, 2016 | by Alissa Abaskanova | Blog posts, Company News

NITWITs is a community lead effort between the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College students to teach and learn new skills to stay up to date in the security industry.
Tags: Cyber Security, how to become a penetration tester, IT Security, IT security training courses, NITWITs, penetration tester, penetration testing student, PTS
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January 21, 2016 | by Alissa Abaskanova | Blog posts, Company News

eLearnSecurity is pleased to announce that Marshall University Collegiate Cyber Defense Challenge (CCDC) team will be using the Penetration Testing training for Students.
The Marshall CCDC team is a self motivated group of undergraduates at Marshall University looking to further its knowledge in the world of Penetration Testing and Network Security.
Tags: #infosec, cybersecurity, IT Security, Marshall University CCDC, penetration testing student, Practical IT Security training course, PTS
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January 14, 2016 | by Alissa Abaskanova | Blog posts

Cyber security had become one of the hottest topics in media by the end of 2015. Various companies and financial institutions had experienced such troubles like data breach, malware infections and more.
This year governments and private organizations all over the world continue to implement cyber crime prevention measures.
Tags: how to become a penetration tester, IT Security, IT security employee, IT security expert, IT security training courses, Online IT Security training, penetration tester, professional penetration tester
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January 10, 2016 | by Alissa Abaskanova | Blog posts, Researches

The Top 5 Hackmes for the month of December. Test yourself, check out the list of the challenges below:
Very basic SQL injection:
“The goal here is to learn the very basics of SQL injection.”

Sql injection bypass authentication hard:
“Your goal: Finding SQL injections and exploit them to bypass the authentication system.
Tags: hackme, hackme challenge, top 5 hackme
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December 18, 2015 | by Alissa Abaskanova | Blog posts
The recent news are full of toys that’s use wireless connections having vulnerabilities and being at risk of being hacked.

Take for example Vtech’s tablets and Hello Barbie toys. And that’s just the beginning… Black hat hackers know which buttons are easiest to push.
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December 16, 2015 | by Alissa Abaskanova | Blog posts

SANTA CLARA, California, Wednesday, December 16, 2015
eLearnSecurity, a provider of practical IT Security training courses, today announced their partnership with Lares Consulting, a leading IT Security Consulting firm in North America.
Lares Consulting’s customer base requires IT security training to increase the internal skillset on offensive and defensive security.
Tags: Cyber Security, eLearnSecurity, IT Security, IT security consulting, IT security training courses, Lares Consulting, partnership, penetration testing
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December 10, 2015 | by Alissa Abaskanova | Blog posts

Pick any 4 of our online IT Security training courses in the Elite Edition at a flat fee!
Christmas is coming. Our gift this December 2015 is the opportunity to bundle any 4 out of our online IT Security training courses in the Elite Edition while saving up to $2000 on fees.
Tags: Christmas, Christmas Bundle, Cyber Security, December 2015, Elite Edition, elite penetration tester, Information Security Training Courses, IT Security, IT security training courses, Online Courses, Online IT Security training, penetration testing, Practical IT Security training courseourse, X-Mas
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November 25, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Blog posts

If you're an IT professional tasked to maintain your company's website, it is important to constantly check the page for any vulnerabilities. Security researcher, Giuseppe Trotta, shares tools and tips to monitor if your website has been hacked.
Tags: security check, web application security, web applications
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November 17, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Blog posts

Good news for all Students of our Penetration Testing Professional version 3 – PTPv3 training course. Our team of IT Security researchers just activated 10 additional virtual labs! You can now practice even more challenging scenarios covering network security and web application security.
Tags: Domain Admin, Hera lab, ICMP redirect, network security, penetration testing, penetration testing professional, PTPv3, virtual labs, web application security, xss
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