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Articles Categorized as Penetration Testing

Password Series: 8 Practical First Steps to Crack Difficult Passwords in Penetration Tests

From rulesets & hardware to wordlists and mask attacks, Lead Penetration Tester Ryan Chaplin shows how to crack difficult password hashes in penetration tests.

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Tips for Scoping Your Penetration Test

Scoping your penetration test (especially your first one) can be daunting. Our team is always happy to help, and Brad Herring gives you a head start here.

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Cool Tools Series: How Vim Powers Penetration Testing

Principal Penetration Tester, Andrew Trexler, dives into Vim, a powerful command line tool for text files, and shows useful commands for penetration testing.

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Accepting Penetration Test Risks & How Compensating Controls Can Help

Tim Semchenko discusses documenting acceptance of risks and implementing compensating controls as options when pentest findings cannot be fixed immediately.

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Cool Tools Series: Masscan for Penetration Testing

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 for Penetration Testing

Lead Pentester Ryan Chaplin discusses emerging improvements in password security and how Psudohash can help bypass them on penetration tests.

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