Paul Rubens

The Metasploit framework is a hugely powerful open source security tool for penetration testing, and one which has won fans all over the world. But if

Web apps that point to specific files or directories risk attack. Learn to prevent Insecure Direct Object References now.

Imagine the front door to your house is equipped with heavy duty locks and bolts, but has a giant cat flap big enough for a man to crawl through fitted at

Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities can occur on any platform. Learn what they are and how to prevent them now.

In the first piece in this series we looked at an iPhone vulnerability which makes it easy for a hacker to hijack an iPhone's data connection, and the

Automated penetration testing tools are a two edged sword: they make it easy to check for well known vulnerabilities on your network, but they can also be

Good time keeping is not an obvious priority for network administrators, but the more you think about it the clearer it is that accurate clocks have a

The future of Metasploit, the highly respected, open source penetration testing framework founded by renowned security expert H.D. Moore, was plunged into

If protecting your organization from cyberattack is your responsibility, you probably have heard of the 20 baseline security controls that the Consensus

Long, random and frequently changed passwords can help keep your corporate resources secure. Short, guessable ones that never change can not. That's why

Building your own corporate phone system using the Asterisk open source telephony suite could result in massive cost savings for your company, but it's

WAN optimization controllers (WOCs) can breathe new life into slow wide area network links, relieving congestion, speeding up file transfers and making