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  • Jailbreak Journey: Transforming an iPad for Mobile App Penetration Testing

    Jailbreak Journey: Transforming an iPad for Mobile App Penetration Testing

    By Jason Taylor Lead Penetration Tester Jason Taylor takes us step-by-step through jailbreaking an iPad 7 for use in penetration testing. June 3, 2025
  • Cisco Releases Patch for CVE-2025-20188 - 10.0 CVSS

    Cisco Releases Patch for CVE-2025-20188 – 10.0 CVSS

    By Scottie Cole Critical Alert – Patch Immediately. Cisco Releases Patch for CVE-2025-20188 – 10.0 CVSS. This vulnerability affects Cisco Catalyst 9800 wireless controllers. May 8, 2025
  • Cool Tools Series: CeWL

    Cool Tools Series: CeWL for Penetration Testing

    By Jason Taylor Lead Penetration Tester Jason Taylor discusses how the CeWL Custom Word List generator can improve hashcat results for penetration testing. March 25, 2025
  • AD Series: Using Evil-WinRM to Get NTDS Manually

    AD Series: Using Evil-WinRM to Get NTDS Manually in Penetration Tests

    By Andrew Trexler Principal Penetration Tester Andrew Trexler’s Active Directory series is back, showing how to use Evil-WinRM to copy NTDS.dit manually in penetration tests. March 11, 2025
  • Password Series: 8 Practical First Steps to Crack Difficult Passwords

    Password Series: 8 Practical First Steps to Crack Difficult Passwords in Penetration Tests

    By Ryan Chaplin From rulesets & hardware to wordlists and mask attacks, Lead Penetration Tester Ryan Chaplin shows how to crack difficult password hashes in penetration tests. February 25, 2025
  • Password Series: Defeating Emerging Password Security Trends with Psudohash

    Password Series: Defeating Emerging Password Security Trends with Psudohash for Penetration Testing

    By Ryan Chaplin Lead Pentester Ryan Chaplin discusses emerging improvements in password security and how Psudohash can help bypass them on penetration tests. November 5, 2024