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  • Cool Tools Series: Vim

    Cool Tools Series: How Vim Powers Penetration Testing

    By Andrew Trexler Principal Penetration Tester, Andrew Trexler, dives into Vim, a powerful command line tool for text files, and shows useful commands for penetration testing. January 14, 2025
  • Accepting Penetration Test Risks & How Compensating Controls Can Help

    Accepting Penetration Test Risks & How Compensating Controls Can Help

    By Tim Semchenko Tim Semchenko discusses documenting acceptance of risks and implementing compensating controls as options when pentest findings cannot be fixed immediately. December 17, 2024
  • Cool Tools Series: Masscan

    Cool Tools Series: Masscan for Penetration Testing

    By 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. December 3, 2024
  • 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
  • Why Raxis Attack is a Huge Win for Organizations

    Why Raxis Attack PTaaS is a Huge Win for Organizations

    By 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. October 22, 2024
  • Cool Tools Series: MSFvenom

    Cool Tools Series: How MSFvenom Powers Penetration Testing

    By Nathan Anderson Nathan Anderson intros MSFvenom, a Metasploit tool that generates & encodes payloads to obtain reverse shells & gain network access for penetration testing. October 8, 2024