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Jason Taylor

Jason has a passion for asking “what-if” questions and for trying to “break” software and test how it responds to unintended uses. Jason has a background in System Administration and Security Engineering in the financial sector. He holds both defensive and offensive certifications including OSCP, PNPT, GCIH, CASP+, and is Splunk Certified. When he’s not spending his time taking new training courses, he loves spending time with his wife and kids and occasionally working on an IoT project to automate some aspect of their greenhouse or chicken coop.

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The Exploit articles written by Jason Taylor

  • Smart Slider 3 Pro WordPress/Joomla Plugin Supply Chain Compromise
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    Smart Slider 3 Pro WordPress/Joomla Plugin Supply Chain Compromise

     By Jason Taylor Last week’s supply chain attack caused many users of the WordPress and Joomla plugin Smart Slider 3 Pro to inadvertently patch to a malicious version. April 15, 2026
  • Cool Tools Series: Reptyr
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    Cool Tools Series: Reptyr

     By Jason Taylor Jason Taylor brings highlights reptyr in our Cool Tools series, showing how to take a long-running process, like an Nmap scan, and move it to a new screen. April 7, 2026
  • Sponsored Malware: When the Bad Guys Pay for Views
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    Sponsored Malware: When the Bad Guys Pay for Views

     By Jason Taylor When a Raxis pentester Jason Taylor found a suspicious sponsored search result, he broke down the code it would have run and discovered it was malware. March 13, 2026
  • CVE-2025-59886 Eaton Exploit Code Published
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    CVE-2025-59886 Eaton Exploit Code Published

     By Jason Taylor With exploit code available for the vulnerabilities in Eaton’s xComfort Ethernet Communication Interface, Jason Taylor recommends replacing or isolating. February 5, 2026
  • Data Theft Exploit: DNS Exfiltration Attack
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    Data Theft Exploit Part 2: DNS Exfiltration Attack

     By Jason Taylor Raxis’ Jason Taylor is back with a detailed tutorial on performing both manual and automated DNS exfiltration attacks for pentesting. January 13, 2026
  • Data Theft Exploit: DNS Exfiltration Setup
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    Data Theft Exploit Part 1: DNS Exfiltration Setup

     By Jason Taylor 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. December 16, 2025