7MS #358: 4 Ways to Write a Better Pentest Report
7 Minute Security16 Huhti 2019

7MS #358: 4 Ways to Write a Better Pentest Report

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This week we're talking about everybody's favorite topic: REPORT WRITING! Yay! The peasants rejoice! In the last few months I've seen a lot of reports from other companies, and here are a few key problems I see with them:

  1. Too long - overall these things are waaAAaAaaAayyyYYYYYYyyy too long. I see reports where the analyst has copied and pasted an entire Nessus report into the main report. Yikes. That makes these things weigh in at hundreds(!) of pages.
  2. Too techie - these reports look like their written from one techie to another. Nothing wrong with that, really, however in many cases the key person that needs to "get it" is a manager or C-level position who needs to understand the risks in plain English.
  3. No narrative - the reports are just a long laundry list of vulnerabilities without any context of how the pentest was conducted or which vulns should be fixed first.
  4. Weak remediation - most of the findings are accompanied by whatever remediation instructions are provided by the vuln-scanner or other tool. We can do better than this!

How? Listen to today's episode :-).

Oh, and don't forget to come to the next 7MS User Group meeting on Monday, April 22! Details here!

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7MS #154: Friday Infosec News and Links Roundup

7MS #154: Friday Infosec News and Links Roundup

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7MS #152: Review of the Almond 2015 Wireless Router

7MS #152: Review of the Almond 2015 Wireless Router

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8 Helmi 201610min

7MS #151: Friday Infosec News and Links Roundup

7MS #151: Friday Infosec News and Links Roundup

Here are some of my favorite stories and links for this week! Training opportunities NMAP course from Udemy - $24 for a limited time (I think) How to handle the the thoughtless compliance zombie hordes - by BHIS is coming up Tuesday February 16th from 2-3 ET. The price is free! Pivot Project touts itself as "a portfolio of interesting, practical, enlightening, and often challenging hands-on exercises for people who are trying to improve their mastery of important cybersecurity skills. News It is absurdly easy for attackers to destroy your Web site in 10 minutes. Secure your home network better using advice from the SANS Ouch! newsletter. Chromodo (part of Comodo's Internet Security)disables same-origin policy which basically disables Web security. Wha?! Virus total now looks at firmware images as well. We can soon wave goodbye to Java in the browser forever!. Kinda. Tools Here's a nice SSL/TLS-checking checklist for pentesters. Kali is moving to a rolling release configuration pretty soon. Update yours before April 15!

5 Helmi 201611min

7MS #150: OFF-TOPIC-Bone Tomahawk / Goodnight Mommy / Comedy Loves Misery

7MS #150: OFF-TOPIC-Bone Tomahawk / Goodnight Mommy / Comedy Loves Misery

Preview16 wordsIn today's off-topic episode I review the following movies: Bone Tomahawk Goodnight Mommy Misery Loves Comedy

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7MS #149: Securing Your Life - Part 3

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This episode continues the series on securing your life - making sure all the security stuff related to your life is in order. Today we're particularly focusing on preparing to travel. What if (God forbid) the plane goes down? Who has access to your money, passwords, etc.?

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7MS #148: OFF-TOPIC - Apple Watch Review

7MS #148: OFF-TOPIC - Apple Watch Review

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