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  • Cool Tools: NetExec (NXC) Fundamentals

    Cool Tools: NetExec (NXC) Fundamentals

    By Scottie Cole Now that CrackMapExec is no more, how is a pentester to rapidly test credentials, enumerate assets, spray passwords, and more? Learn the basics of NetExec here. May 19, 2026
  • Bypassing ChatGPT’s Open-Source Model Security Restrictions for Agentic Hacking

    Bypassing ChatGPT’s Open-Source Model Security Restrictions for Agentic Hacking

    By Ryan Chaplin Ryan Chaplin wondered what it would take to bypass ChatGPT’s open-source model security restrictions to allow AI to hack his website. See how he did it here. May 5, 2026
  • Cool Tools Series: SCP

    Cool Tools Series: SCP

    By Nathan Anderson Raxis Lead Penetration Tester Nathan Anderson continues our Cool Tool Series with SCP for data exfiltration on internal network pentests and red teams. April 21, 2026
  • Cool Tools Series: Reptyr

    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
  • Five Things to Always Do After Getting Domain Admin

    Five Things to Always Do After Getting Domain Admin

    By Andrew Trexler So you got DA on your red team or internal network penetration test. Here are the five things that Principal Penetration Tester Andrew Trexler does next. March 24, 2026
  • Wireless Series: Aircrack-ng

    Wireless Series: The Aircrack-ng Suite for All Your Wireless Pentesting Needs

    By Scottie Cole Principal Penetration Tester Scottie Cole continues our wireless series with the Aircrack-ng Suite, a set of tools for wireless pentest discovery and exploits. February 24, 2026