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Penetration Testing Phases & Steps Explained

eSecurity Planet

Organizations use penetration testing to strengthen their security. During these tests, simulated attacks are executed to identify gaps and vulnerabilities in the IT environment. But before hiring penetration testers or starting a pentesting program, any organization should be aware of the phases and steps involved in the process. These tests are critical for obtaining an integrated view of a system, understanding how possible security breaches can occur, getting into the mindset of cyber crimin

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Wholesale giant METRO confirmed to have suffered a cyberattack

Security Affairs

International cash and carry giant METRO suffered this week IT infrastructure outages following a cyberattack. International cash and carry giant METRO was hit by a cyberattack that caused IT infrastructure outages. Metro employs more than 95,000 people in 681 stores worldwide, most of them in Germany, its sales reached 24.8 billion euros in 2020. The outages impacted stores worldwide, the company confirmed the cyber attack in an official statement, it is investigating the incident with the help

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The Quiet Insurrection the January 6 Committee Missed

WIRED Threat Level

A former congressman who helped the House select committee investigate the Capitol attack says the US is losing sight of the big picture.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 390

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Daixin Team targets health organizations with ransomware, US agencies warn Threat actors exploit critical flaw in VMware Workspace ONE Access to drop ransomware, miners EnergyAustralia Electricity company discloses security breach Experts warn of C

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Outsourcer Interserve fined £4.4m for failing to stop cyber-attack

The Guardian Data Protection

Watchdog says phishing email enabled hackers to steal personal information of 113,000 employees Britain’s data watchdog has fined the construction group Interserve £4.4m after a cyber-attack that enabled hackers to steal the personal and financial information of up to 113,000 employees. The attack occurred when Interserve ran an outsourcing business and was designated a “strategic supplier to the government with clients including the Ministry of Defence”.