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  • Raxis Team DefCon 2025

    Raxis at DefCon 2025

    By Brian Tant DefCon 33 has come and gone, and the Raxis team was there keeping up with cutting edge exploits for penetration tests, phishing, and PSE. August 11, 2025
  • Raxis Team at DefCon 32

    Tips to Stay Secure at DefCon 2024

    By Brian Tant The Raxis pentesting team is at DefCon in Vegas this weekend. It’s an awesome conference that has lessons and contests for everything from lock picking and car hacking to new network and application exploits that our team may try on your next penetration test. For those of you who may not have attended before (or… August 9, 2024
  • raxis team members at the lake, about to fall out of a tube

    Stay Afloat

    By Mark Puckett Stay Afloat: A tale of how two guys trusted two professional hackers and social engineers and experienced the joy of flight followed by the agony of landing. July 21, 2023
  • Passwords on Post-It notes

    12 New Cyber Terms the World Needs Now

    By Bonnie Smyre The cybersecurity profession has its own lingo. As experts in the field, the Raxis team felt compelled to add a few we thought were missing. July 23, 2021
  • Raxis COO Bonnie Smyre with her new art by Kasi Reilly

    How Bonnie Banished Her Boring Background

    By Bonnie Smyre See how Bonnie beautified her once-boring background with help from artist Kasi Reilly. Our penetration testing team keeps things fun on our customer calls. November 6, 2020
  • Dead fish saying "Told ya it was a trick!" and "Shut up!"

    It Might be a Phishing Attempt . . .

    By Bonnie Smyre Sometimes, it’s hard to tell a legitimate email from a phishing attempt. Other times, there’s no doubt. Here’s a handy guide. August 14, 2020