Tag: penetration-testing
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ProjectDiscovery Launches Neo, an Autonomous Pentesting Platform, at RSAC 2026
ProjectDiscovery launched Neo commercially at RSAC 2026, bringing an autonomous penetration testing platform to market after winning the RSAC Innovation Sandbox in 2025. Neo performs end-to-end penetration tests, validates findings against live applications, and delivers what the company calls pentester-grade evidence. The platform is built by the team behind Nuclei, the open source vulnerability scanner..…
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SOC 2 penetration testing requirements
For organisations pursuing SOC 2, demonstrating effective security controls is central to the audit process. While the framework does not prescribe specific technologies or testing frequencies, it does require evidence that risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated through appropriate controls. This is where SOC 2 penetration testing becomes particularly relevant. For many SaaS providers and”¦…
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Ridge Security Brings Agentic AI Pentesting to SMBs With PurpleRidge 3.0
Ridge Security released PurpleRidge 3.0 at RSAC 2026, a self-service penetration testing platform that uses agentic AI to give small and mid-sized businesses the kind of offensive security validation that has traditionally required dedicated teams and six-figure budgets. The upgrade marks a shift from the platform’s earlier machine-learning architecture to one built on agentic AI,..…
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Simply Offensive Podcast: The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss
Tags: ai, automation, computer, corporate, cybersecurity, data, exploit, hacker, hacking, jobs, penetration-testing, skills, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability<div cla The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss In this episode of Simply Offensive, Philip Wylie welcomes Dan DeCloss, the founder of PlexTrac. The two veterans of the cybersecurity industry discuss their history together, the evolution of report writing, and the seismic shift AI is bringing to offensive security.…
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Simply Offensive Podcast: The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss
Tags: ai, automation, computer, corporate, cybersecurity, data, exploit, hacker, hacking, jobs, penetration-testing, skills, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability<div cla The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss In this episode of Simply Offensive, Philip Wylie welcomes Dan DeCloss, the founder of PlexTrac. The two veterans of the cybersecurity industry discuss their history together, the evolution of report writing, and the seismic shift AI is bringing to offensive security.…
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PostgreSQL Penetration Testing
PostgreSQL is one of the most popular open-source relational database systems, powering everything from small web applications to enterprise-scale platforms. Its widespread adoption makes it First seen on hackingarticles.in Jump to article: www.hackingarticles.in/penetration-testing-on-postgresql-5432/
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Why Security Validation Is Becoming Agentic
If you run security at any reasonably complex organization, your validation stack probably looks something like this: a BAS tool in one corner. A pentest engagement, or maybe an automated pentesting product, in another. A vulnerability scanner feeding an attack surface management platform somewhere else. Each tool gives you a slice of the picture. None…
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Best 5 AI Pentesting Tools in 2026
Cyber threats are evolving at a pace that traditional security testing methods struggle to keep up with. Organizations today operate in highly complex digital environments with cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, and rapidly deployed applications. In such environments, manual security testing alone is no longer enough. This is where an AI pentesting tool becomes a critical……
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Et Tu, RDP? Detecting Sticky Keys Backdoors with Brutus and WebAssembly
Everyone knows that one person on the team who’s inexplicably lucky, the one who stumbles upon a random vulnerability seemingly by chance. A few days ago, my coworker Michael Weber was telling me about a friend like this who, on a recent penetration test, pressed the shift key five times at an RDP login screen……
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Mapping the Unknown: Introducing Pius for Organizational Asset Discovery
Asset discovery is an essential part of Praetorian’s service delivery process. When we are engaged to carry out continuous external penetration testing, one key action is to build and maintain a thorough target asset inventory that goes beyond any lists or databases provided by the system owner. Pius is our open-source attack surface mapping tool……
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Die Grenzen des Pentestings: Simulierter Angriff, echte Schwäche
Viele Unternehmen haben Penetration Testing fest in ihrer Sicherheitsstrategie verankert. Das ist eine gute Basis, allerdings greift diese Maßnahme meist zu kurz. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cloud-security/die-grenzen-des-pentestings
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I replaced manual pen tests with automation. Here’s what I learned.
Tags: access, attack, breach, control, cvss, detection, exploit, infrastructure, intelligence, password, penetration-testing, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, service, siem, soc, tactics, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayThe remediation black hole: Perhaps most frustrating was what happened after we received findings. Our teams would work diligently to implement fixes, but we rarely had the budget or opportunity to bring testers back to validate remediation. We were left with uncertainty. This gap between identification and verification created a dangerous blind spot in our…
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Bug bounties are broken, and the best security pros are moving on
Penetration testing engagements are organized as scheduled contracts with defined scope, set testing windows, and direct communication channels with client teams. Cobalt’s … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/10/cobalt-ptaas-gains-pentester-support/
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Escape raises $18M Series A to replace legacy scanners with AI agent-driven discovery, pentesting, and remediation
Led by Balderton Capital, with participation of Uncorrelated Ventures and existing investors IRIS and Y Combinator, the $18M Series A financing will accelerate our mission to multiply the impact of security teams through full-lifecycle offensive security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/escape-raises-18m-series-a-to-replace-legacy-scanners-with-ai-agent-driven-discovery-pentesting-and-remediation/
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Week in review: Weaponized OAuth redirection logic delivers malware, Patch Tuesday forecast
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: BlacksmithAI: Open-source AI-powered penetration testing framework … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/08/week-in-review-weaponized-oauth-redirection-logic-delivers-malware-patch-tuesday-forecast/
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Teenage hacker myth primed for a middle-age criminal makeover
Tags: access, breach, business, corporate, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, extortion, finance, group, hacker, hacking, infrastructure, jobs, malware, network, penetration-testing, programming, ransomware, service, skills, software, technology, threat, vulnerabilityCybercrime cartels: Dray Agha, senior security operations manager at managed detection and response services firm Huntress, said the analysis illustrates that the “Hollywood image of a teenage lone wolf hacking for bragging rights” is vastly outdated since the threat landscape is dominated by “highly organised, profit-driven syndicates.””While young people may still engage in digital vandalism…
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Operational Technology (OT) penetration testing: Defining, Process and Tools
Operational penetration testing is a process of simulating real-world attacks on OT systems to identify vulnerabilities before cybercriminals can exploit them, either physically or remotely. OT penetration testing is a proactive approach to identifying vulnerabilities in OT systems before adversaries exploit them. OT penetration testing is performed by penetration testers, ethical hackers, and industrial cybersecurity……
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State-affiliated hackers set up for critical OT attacks that operators may not detect
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, conference, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, firmware, fortinet, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, Intruder, lessons-learned, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, penetration-testing, phishing, regulation, russia, service, spear-phishing, supply-chain, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerabilityRussia’s OT attack teams expand beyond Ukraine: The Russia-linked pair Kamacite and Electrum, which Dragos has tracked since the mid-2010s and is responsible for the 2015 and 2016 cyberattacks that took down parts of Ukraine’s power grid, expanded operations into NATO territory in 2025 after years focused almost exclusively on Ukrainian targets.Kamacite, which serves as…
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State-affiliated hackers set up for critical OT attacks that operators may not detect
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, conference, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, firmware, fortinet, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, Intruder, lessons-learned, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, penetration-testing, phishing, regulation, russia, service, spear-phishing, supply-chain, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerabilityRussia’s OT attack teams expand beyond Ukraine: The Russia-linked pair Kamacite and Electrum, which Dragos has tracked since the mid-2010s and is responsible for the 2015 and 2016 cyberattacks that took down parts of Ukraine’s power grid, expanded operations into NATO territory in 2025 after years focused almost exclusively on Ukrainian targets.Kamacite, which serves as…
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Shannon: Autonomous AI Tool with Nmap Integration Can Uncover and Exploit Security Flaws
Keygraph has released Shannon, a fully autonomous AI-powered penetration testing tool designed to identify and actively exploit real vulnerabilities in web applications before malicious actors can. Unlike traditional scanners that generate alerts, Shannon delivers proven, reproducible exploits, closing the dangerous security gap that exists between annual pentests and continuous code deployments. How Shannon Works Shannon emulates…
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Shannon: Autonomous AI Tool with Nmap Integration Can Uncover and Exploit Security Flaws
Keygraph has released Shannon, a fully autonomous AI-powered penetration testing tool designed to identify and actively exploit real vulnerabilities in web applications before malicious actors can. Unlike traditional scanners that generate alerts, Shannon delivers proven, reproducible exploits, closing the dangerous security gap that exists between annual pentests and continuous code deployments. How Shannon Works Shannon emulates…
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Shannon: Autonomous AI Tool with Nmap Integration Can Uncover and Exploit Security Flaws
Keygraph has released Shannon, a fully autonomous AI-powered penetration testing tool designed to identify and actively exploit real vulnerabilities in web applications before malicious actors can. Unlike traditional scanners that generate alerts, Shannon delivers proven, reproducible exploits, closing the dangerous security gap that exists between annual pentests and continuous code deployments. How Shannon Works Shannon emulates…
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Passwortsicherheit ist der neue Pentest – Passwortsicherheit braucht dieselbe Priorität wie Penetrationstests
Tags: penetration-testingFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/passwortsicherheit-pentest-prioritaet-credentials-a-dc31fa2e46960b83154e4206a94dbb35/
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BlacksmithAI: Open-source AI-powered penetration testing framework
BlacksmithAI is an open-source penetration testing framework that uses multiple AI agents to execute different stages of a security assessment lifecycle. A multi-agent … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/02/blacksmithai-open-source-ai-powered-penetration-testing-framework/
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iOS Penetration Testing: Definition, Process and Tools
Tags: breach, control, data, flaw, iphone, penetration-testing, reverse-engineering, tool, vulnerabilityWhile iPhones boast robust security, attackers constantly seek weak points. Enter iOS penetration testing the security validation exercise against your controls attempting to stop data breaches and unauthorised access. Through manual and automated techniques like vulnerability scanning and reverse engineering, it uncovers hidden flaws in your iOS apps, protecting sensitive data and user trust…. First…
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Kali Linux Introduces Claude AI for Automated Penetration Testing Using Model Context Protocol
Offensive security operations are evolving with a new method for running Kali Linux. By combining Kali with Anthropic’s Claude AI via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), security analysts can now execute penetration testing tools using simple natural language. This moves operations beyond traditional terminal commands into an AI-assisted graphical interface. While command-line execution remains standard,…
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Firewall Penetration Testing: Definition, Process and Tools
Firewall penetration testing examines the firewall as a security control and identifies the weaknesses that allow unwanted traffic to reach internal systems. It helps to make the network secure by checking that inbound and outbound filtering rules block unwanted traffic correctly. It also protects the perimeter by keeping internal-to-external boundaries intact and preventing external probes……
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Best Penetration Testing Companies in USA
Cyber threats are growing at an unprecedented pace. In 2024 alone, global cyber threat losses reached an estimated US$9.5 trillion, and this figure is projected to rise even further in 2025. If threats were a country, it would rank as the world’s third-largest economy, behind only the United States and China. As attackers increasingly leverage……