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Jan 15, 2019
3 min read
Offensive Security Appoints Ning Wang as CEO to Lead Organization’s Next Stage of Growth
Today we all constantly read about data breaches that could have been prevented if the impacted organization had just done what they were supposed to do. The unfortunate reality is that cyberattacks are now a matter of ‘when’ and not ‘if’ for the average enterprise. Yet the landscape is changing and protecting your environment is actually getting more challenging not less.Cyber adversaries are more organized and talented than ever, so an effective cyber defense now requires more than just following the right processes. Today’s enterprises need defenders who perform their jobs with an adversarial mindset. While this need is becoming more acute every day, we are also presently in the midst of an enormous cybersecurity skills shortage. These two forces are diametrically opposed and there is only one way toward resolution – practical security training.This being the case, I couldn’t be happier to join Offensive Security as the company’s next CEO.
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Exploit Database Redesign
Offensive Security is delighted to announce the complete redesign of The Exploit Database (EDB), making it easier and faster than ever to find the data you need and presenting it to you in a responsive dashboard layout.
Nov 26, 2018
1 min read
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A New Partnership
It’s been a busy few months for us here, and for good reason. Today we are proud to announce our new partners at Offensive Security – Spectrum Equity.
Sep 4, 2018
2 min read
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A Decade of Exploit Database Data
Managing the Exploit Database is one of those ongoing tasks that ends up taking a significant amount of time and often, we don’t take the time to step back and look at the trends as they occur over time. Have there been more exploits over the years? Perhaps fewer? Is there a shift in platforms being targeted? Has the bar for exploits indeed been raised with the increase in more secure operating system protections?
May 2, 2016
1 min read
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What’s New with Exploit Database?
New Features in the Exploit Database Over the past 6 years, we have been maintaining and updating the Exploit Database on a daily basis, which now boasts over 35,000 exploits. While we constantly work on improving our back-end and entry quality. Over the years there haven’t really been any updates to the front-end, which has
May 13, 2015
3 min read
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Offensive Security Say – Try Harder!
Offsec students go through hell. They endure levels of stress and frustration beyond what is considered normal, and we at Offsec appreciate this. So much in fact, that we’ve dedicated the following song to anyone who’s taken an Offsec course, and tried harder!
Jan 19, 2015
3 min read
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Happy Holidays from Offsec
We at Offensive Security would like to thank all of our students, customers, and friends for a wonderful 2014. Its been a busy but productive year, with major upgrades to Kali Linux, the release of Kali NetHunter, the public launch of the hosted virtual labs, the first ever Kali Linux Dojo, upgrades to our student labs, lots of interesting R&D, a bunch of 0-days and a number of other accomplishments. We enjoyed the journey with all of you and here is to a fun and productive 2015! We wanted to thank you with this video we produced for all y’all.
Dec 22, 2014
1 min read
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Exploit Database Hosted on GitHub
We have recently completed some renovations on the Exploit Database backend systems and moved the EDB exploit repository to Github. This means that it’s now easier than ever to copy, clone or fork the whole repository. The previous SVN CVS has been retired.
Jan 7, 2014
1 min read
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Announcing the OSEE Certification
Since the inception of our Advanced Windows Exploitation (AWE) course, our students (who are always searching for more pain) have been asking for an accompanying certification exam. We are very pleased to announce the launch of the Offensive Security Exploit Expert (OSEE) certification.
Jan 16, 2012
2 min read
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BlackHat, BackTrack and EDB Updates
Updates from BlackHat, BackTrack Exploit-Database, Social-engineer.org and more!
Aug 7, 2010
1 min read
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Hacking Challenge #2 – HSIYF for Charity
HFC Cyber Hacking Challenge – How strong is your Fu for charity?
May 26, 2010
2 min read
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Free Information Security Training By Offensive Security
We are finally ready to present the free information security training – Metasploit Unleashed (MSFU) – Mastering the Framework.
Sep 21, 2009
2 min read