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Never had a bad day phishing. How to set up GoPhish to evade security controls.
I’m going to quickly go through the process of setting up GoPhish and show you how we evade defenders to increase the success rate of our phishing campaigns. read more →
What the heck is an attack surface … and why do I need to protect it?
Maybe you’ve heard your IT security team talking about attack surfaces? Or, maybe the term has come up during a virtual conference or in your newsfeed. It’s important to take a step back and understand what an attack… read more →
Reliable Username Enumeration: A step-by-step guide
Collecting and validating an organization’s employee base is critical for any successful offensive information security operation. read more →
Launching a pentest: How to discover related DNS records
When starting a penetration test, we first try to discover domains associated with our target apex domain. To help you navigate this part of the process, we’re going to detail it, highlighting tips and tricks for… read more →
Leveraging hijacked Slack sessions on macOS
We are going to dig into Slack workspace compromise to provide additional information and tooling you can use to leverage access. This guidance will build off of “Abusing Slack for Offensive Operations”, a great article… read more →
How to hunt for SolarWinds Orion usage
Recent reports from FireEye revealed a large-scale campaign to infect company networks using a modified version of the SolarWinds Orion monitoring agent. read more →
Bug Bounty vs. Continuous Pen Testing: Understanding the Basics
Oh, the world of good ol’ bug-bounty programs. In recent months they’ve become a hot topic for IT teams looking to unearth vulnerabilities. And it’s easy to see why. They’re flashy and promise the world. Your company… read more →
Pro tips for purchasing and aging phishing domains
Good command-and-control infrastructure requires a known, trusted domain. When you’re first starting out, this can be difficult to find, but luckily other testers have provided many great resources. read more →
Discovering Active Directory Controllers in your Client Network
After initially accessing an internal network during a penetration test, you need to find out what the Active Directory (AD) infrastructure looks like. Here, we’re going to examine methods for this process from both… read more →
How to defend against password spraying
Given how often we see this tactic used, we’re going to break down the basics. We want to help you understand how password spraying works, along with some effective steps you can take to prevent it from being used… read more →
How to exploit Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472)
Recently, one of the most significant Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities since Eternal Blue (MS17-010) was brought to light. We’re going to show you how to exploit it during a pentest. read more →
How to: Execute passive internal recon during continuous penetration testing
When we launch continuous penetration testing in a new network, we don't want to raise suspicion of our presence. For one reason, we may be able to get credentials without doing anything intrusive at all. To do it, we… read more →
Continuous Human & Automated Security
The Expert-Driven Offensive
Security Platform
Continuously monitor your attack surface with advanced change detection. Upon change, testers and systems perform security testing. You are alerted and assisted in remediation efforts all contained in a single security application, the Sprocket Platform.
Expert-Driven Offensive Security Platform
- Attack Surface Management
- Continuous Penetration Testing
- Adversary Simulations