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  • PSE & Red Team Series: Social Engineering

    PSE & Red Team Series: Social Engineering

    By Nathan Anderson Lead Penetration Tester Nathan Anderson is back with more PSE and red team tips, including tailgating, impersonating, and pretexts to gain onsite access. January 27, 2026
  • CrowdStrike Fires Insider Who Shared Screens and Auth Cookies Externally

    CrowdStrike Fires Insider Who Shared Screens Externally

    By Andrew Trexler Though hacker groups claimed to have access to internal systems, CrowdStrike announced they fired an insider who shared external screens with the attackers. December 1, 2025
  • PSE & Red Team Series: Badge Cloning

    PSE & Red Team Series: Badge Cloning

    By Nathan Anderson Lead Penetration Tester Nathan Anderson is back with more PSE and red team advice, this time looking into three tools he uses to clone badges and gain access. October 21, 2025
  • SpamGPT: Protecting Your Company From Large-Scale Phishing

    SpamGPT: Protecting Your Company From Large-Scale Phishing

    By Nathan Anderson SpamGPT, a complex phishing and social engineering suite has made the news recently. Learn what it is and how organizations can protect their employees. October 9, 2025
  • Lessons from the DaVita Healthcare Ransomware Attack

    Lessons from the DaVita Healthcare Ransomware Attack

    By Brian Tant The DaVita ransomware attack is one of the most impactful recent healthcare breaches. Learn what happened and what could have been done to limit the impact. September 18, 2025
  • PSE & Red Team Series: The Power of Grip to Enhance the Under-Door Tool

    PSE & Red Team Series: The Power of Grip to Enhance the Under-Door Tool

    By Brad Herring In this next post in our PSE and Red Team Series, Brad Herring explains how to use gaffer’s tape or heat-shrink tubing to make an under-door tool easier to use. August 12, 2025