Every penetration tester must be up to date on a daily basis about the newest vulnerabilities,pen test techniques,exploits and threats.This will allow him to secure better the infrastructure of his clients by identifying immediately the high risks when conducting vulnerability assessments and penetration tests.A good way for staying up to date is to subscribe to some related info sec mailing lists.Below you can find a list with the most popular mailing lists:
BugTraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1
Metasploit
http://mail.metasploit.com/pipermail/framework/
Penetration Testing
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/101
Nessus
https://discussions.nessus.org/index.jspa
Nmap Hackers
http://seclists.org/nmap-hackers/
Web Application Security
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/107
Honeypots
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/119
Full Disclosure
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
PaulDotCom
http://mail.pauldotcom.com/pipermail/pauldotcom/
Web Security
http://lists.webappsec.org/pipermail/websecurity_lists.webappsec.org/
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This is very thoughtful of netbiosX for indeed, we all rely on mailing lists for the latest info in InfoSec. Please subscribe, highly recommended and lauded!!! 🙂