The Exploit

Notes from the Front Lines of Penetration Testing

Category: Penetration Testing

Discover expert-led penetration testing insights, real-world attack simulations, and best practices to uncover vulnerabilities and strengthen your security.
  • Cool Tools Series: Masscan
    Cool Tools Series: Masscan for Penetration Testing

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    Andrew Trexler
    Continuing our Cool Tools Series, Lead Penetration Tester Andrew Trexler shows how to use masscan for discovery scanning on large networks in penetration tests.
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  • Password Series: Defeating Emerging Password Security Trends with Psudohash
    Password Series: Defeating Emerging Password Security Trends with Psudohash for Penetration Testing

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    Ryan Chaplin
    Lead Pentester Ryan Chaplin discusses emerging improvements in password security and how Psudohash can help bypass them on penetration tests.
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  • Why Raxis Attack is a Huge Win for Organizations
    Why Raxis Attack PTaaS is a Huge Win for Organizations

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    Caroline Kelly
    With the recent launch of Raxis Attack, a powerful PTaaS service, Caroline Kelly is excited to share how it can help organizations of all sizes stay secure.
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  • Cool Tools Series: MSFvenom
    Cool Tools Series: How MSFvenom Powers Penetration Testing

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    Nathan Anderson
    Nathan Anderson intros MSFvenom, a Metasploit tool that generates & encodes payloads to obtain reverse shells & gain network access for penetration testing.
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  • Penetration Testing Pricing
    Penetration Testing Pricing: How Much is Too Little or Too Much?

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    Brad Herring
    How much should a penetration tests cost? From scans to pentests and PTaaS, Brad Herring explains how to make sure you get what you pay for — and what you need.
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  • Cool Tools Series: Nuclei
    Cool Tools Series: Nuclei for Penetration Tests

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    Andrew Trexler
    Raxis’ Andrew Trexler shows how useful Nuclei is for network and application penetration tests, discovering vulnerabilities such as default passwords and more.
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  • Raxis: Your Trusted Partner in Penetration Testing
    Raxis: Your Trusted Partner in Penetration Testing

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    Cole Stafford
    I’m Cole Stafford, a Sales Development Representative at Raxis. I help with customer relations, building the contracts, and making sure everything gets out in a timely order. I’m proud to be a part of the Raxis team and share a few of the reasons why below. At Raxis, we redefine the penetration test experience by […]
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  • Cool Tools Series: NMAP for Penetration Tests
    Cool Tools Series: NMAP for Penetration Tests

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    Adam Fernandez
    Raxis’ lead developer, Adam Fernandez, adds to our Cool Tools Series with a focus on Nmap: discovering live hosts that appear to be down and useful NSE scripts.
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  • Cool Tools Series: Host Discovery
    Cool Tools Series: Host Discovery in Penetration Testing

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    Scottie Cole
    Raxis’ pentester, Scottie Cole, leads off our new Cool Tools Series with tips on tools for host discovery and vulnerability discovery for penetration tests.
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  • OWASP Top 10 2021
    OWASP Top 10: The Bedrock of an Application Penetration Test

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    Adam Fernandez
    When performing web app, mobile app, and API penetration tests, we refer to the OWASP Top 10. Here we’ll discuss what that means and why it’s helpful.
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  • Raxis Red Team
    An Inside Look at a Raxis Red Team

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    Bonnie Smyre
    The Raxis Red Team Test is our top tier test that gives a true feel of what hackers could do. Curious to know more? Take a look at this short video.
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  • Medical workers
    Why We Always Harp on Healthcare

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    Bonnie Smyre
    Healthcare security may start with HIPAA regulations, but, in the end, it all comes down to protecting patients and the healthcare workers.
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