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The “Medium Risk” Finding That’s Destroying Your Security Program
Many of our clients perform vulnerability scanning on a regular basis but find that they still don’t perform as well as they’d like on penetration tests. Well today we’re going to discuss a finding that’s frequently found on networks, that many vulnerability scanners...
Do I Need Permission to Test My Cloud Environment?
As organizations continue to move towards cloud computing technology and services, we get this question often. The good news is it’s become much clearer in recent times as both AWS and Microsoft Azure have both relaxed their policies and posted easy to understand...
Why You Should Use Password Filters
Attackers targeting login portals has become common place, so much that many organizations don’t even bother reviewing logs due to the immense number of password spraying campaigns. Adversaries continue this attack path because it’s proved successful The good news is...
Is “After-Hours” Testing Worth It?
Conducting security testing in the off-hours may be the best option to avoid disruption to business processes. However, we often find that it isn’t necessary.
Six Tips For Better Domain Administrator Management
Domain Administrator accounts are often the target of advisories and rightfully so as their access typically gets you into anything you’d like within an organization. However, through years of security testing there are trends of poor account management with this...
Is Metadata Helping Your Attackers?
Publishing documents and sharing media on your website seems harmless at the surface level but lurking underneath could be the crux of your security program. Metadata stored on documents could be leaking information and aiding adversaries in attacking your...
Top 5 Ways COVID Changed Security Assessments
There is no doubt that COVID has changed how the world conducts business, so it’s no surprise that security assessments have as well. The increase in remote employees and the need for availability of applications and resources from afar has disrupted organizational...
So You Want to Be a Hacker: 2021 Edition
Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdsChhW056A Introduction Recently, I posted a 36-part Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/thecybermentor/status/1343471814132031488) on how to become an ethical hacker in 2021. Given that it was well received, I thought...
Pentest Tales #001: You Spent How Much on Security?
Welcome to the first edition of Pentest Tales, a blog series that walks through real-world pentests we've performed in the past. The purpose of this blog is not just to share the "owning" of a domain, but to provide education as to why a domain was owned in the first...
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