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We Went on a SharePoint Expedition, and Here’s What We Found

Of the nearly 30,000 public facing SharePoint portals we found, approximately 3,300 are self-hosted meaning they are vulnerable to the critical CVE-2026-50522.

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Rooting a Google Pixel 8 for Mobile App Penetration Testing

Principal Penetration Tester Andrew Trexler takes us step-by-step through the process of rooting a Google Pixel for mobile application pentesting.

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Cool Tools: The NetExec (NXC) nxcdb Database

Principal Pentester Scottie Cole continues his NetExec series with nxcdb, the database that automatically stores key info like hosts and creds while you hack.

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wp2shell: Critical WordPress Unauthenticated to Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

It’s rare for WordPress itself to have CVEs. CVE-2026-63030 and CVE-2026-60137 combine to create the critical unauthenticated to RCE vulnerability wp2shell.

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usbliter8 – Apple A12 and A13 SecureROM Exploit

The usbliter8 SecureROM exploit is big news for jailbreaking iPhones. This hardware vulnerability cannot be fixed with a software update.

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RoguePlanet: The Defender Zero-day that Survived Microsoft’s June Patch

The new critical Microsoft Defender exploit, RoguePlanet (CVE-2026-50656), is confirmed active in the wild. Learn what it is and how to protect your network.

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