PSE & Red Team Series: Social Engineering
Lead Penetration Tester Nathan Anderson is back with more PSE and red team tips, including tailgating, impersonating, and pretexts to gain onsite access.
Discover the Art of Penetration Testing
The Exploit is Raxis’ cybersecurity blog where penetration testers and red team experts share real-world insights, attack techniques, and strategies to strengthen defenses against evolving threats. We feature expert advice, detailed breakdowns of exploits, and practical guidance to help organizations understand and respond to today’s most pressing security challenges.
The Growing Threat: Attackers Using GitHub Repositories as Malware Staging Mechanisms
Recent attacks, including GitVenom and Lumma Stealer, underscore the threat of Attackers using GitHub repositories as malware staging mechanisms.
CVE‑2020‑12812 and Why It’s Still an Issue Five Years Later
Principal Penetration Tester Scottie Cole explains why Fortinet released a new security advisory about CVE‑2020‑12812 and what your organization should check.
Data Theft Exploit Part 2: DNS Exfiltration Attack
Raxis’ Jason Taylor is back with a detailed tutorial on performing both manual and automated DNS exfiltration attacks for pentesting.
Why 8-Character Passwords Are No Longer Enough: Lessons from the Raxis Password Cracker
With the start of 2026, the Raxis team is already busy. A new upgrade to our password-cracking system shows how quickly 8-character passwords can be cracked.
The Future of Security: Why AI-Augmented Penetration Testing Is the Way Forward
Raxis CEO Mark Puckett looks back at a year of many changes and forward to the ways AI-augmented pentesting is changing the industry.
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS): Cookie Theft – Advanced Payloads
We reached into our vaults to bring you the final video in our cross-site scripting (XSS) series. Learn about cookie theft, website defacement, and CSRF attacks.
Data Theft Exploit Part 1: DNS Exfiltration Setup
Raxis Lead Penetration Tester Jason Taylor’s in-depth tutorial explains setting up a server for DNS exfiltration. Check back next month to run the attack.
Autonomous Supply-Chain Worm Compromises Postman, PostHog, Zapier, and 26k Others
Operating fully autonomously, this new supply-chain malware has compromised Postman, PostHog, Zapier and 26k others. Learn what your organization should do now.
The Role of AI in Penetration Testing
Bonnie Smyre shows how Raxis’ AI-augmented pentesting gives their expert pentesters more time for complex chained attacks and discovery of business-logic flaws.
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