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  • Wireless Series: Using Wifite to Capture and Crack a WPA2 Pre-Shared Key
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    Wireless Series: Using Wifite to Capture and Crack a WPA2 Pre-Shared Key for Penetration Testing

     By Scottie Cole Principal Penetration Tester Scottie Cole begins our wireless penetration testing series with capturing and cracking a WPA2 Pre-Shared Key using Wifite. June 17, 2025
  • Jailbreak Journey: Transforming an iPad for Mobile App Penetration Testing
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    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
  • Cool Tools Series: CeWL
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    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
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    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
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    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