Re: Pentesters getting owned?

[Matt Hargett <matt () use net>]

Steve W. Manzuik wrote:
> I used to work for one of the final 4 firms and there was a story going
> around about a client in Chicago that "counter-attacked" and owned them.
> Don't know if it is valid or not but it was the client that told me the
> story.  I have experienced network admins monitoring and attempting to drop
> connections as the team performs the pen-test.

ha. This reminds me of one of my QA nightmare stories. Jeru suggested I 
post one of them a month to my blog given their entertainment value, but 
I haven't had time until now. This story really happened at a software 
company that is still in business, and seems to be repeating the year 
1997 all over again.

http://www.rootkit.com/blog.php?user=syke


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