7ASecurity Blog https://7asecurity.com/blog/ 7ASecurity Blog With Cybersecurity Tips and Tools Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:38:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://7asecurity.com/blog/contents/uploads/2019/06/favicon.ico 7ASecurity Blog https://7asecurity.com/blog/ 32 32 Active Directory Penetration Testing: How Engagements Work https://7asecurity.com/blog/2026/10/active-directory-penetration-testing-engagements/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:38:12 +0000 Active Directory penetration testing runs through five phases. 1. Scoping the starting position. 2. Gaining an initial foothold. 3. Harvesting credentials. 4. Escalating privilege. 5. Proving domain dominance. Each phase builds on the last one's findings. The report prioritises fixes based on which finding collapses the most paths to domain control. Most breaches involving Active …

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]]> Five Kubernetes Security Gaps Attackers Chain Together https://7asecurity.com/blog/2026/10/kubernetes-security-gaps/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:17:10 +0000 Kubernetes security testing checks whether a cluster's controls hold up under an attacker's logic, not just whether they exist on paper. There are five misconfiguration categories our testers find most often. 1) RBAC gaps granting too much access. 2) Exposed control-plane components. 3) Missing network policies. 4) Unsafe pod defaults. 5) Weak admission control. Pentesters …

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]]> What Cloud Misconfiguration Looks Like in a Real Audit https://7asecurity.com/blog/2026/09/cloud-misconfiguration-real-audit/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:17:49 +0000 Cloud misconfiguration turns up in four recurring patterns. 1) Over-permissioned roles give an attacker a path to sensitive data. 2) Management interfaces sit reachable without MFA. 3) Account trust goes unreviewed, and 4) logging exists but nobody watches it. A CSPM tool flags each as a setting. What decides whether it's exploitable is whether a …

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]]> Bayanat audit by 7ASecurity https://7asecurity.com/blog/2026/09/bayanat-audit-by-7asecurity/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:26:18 +0000 7ASecurity shares results of a Bayanat security audit: 32 working days, 7 work packages, 22 findings, 21 hardening recommendations, supply-chain review, threat model, and fix verification.

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]]> OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications: How to Test Production AI Apps https://7asecurity.com/blog/2026/09/owasp-top-10-llm-applications/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:07:43 +0000 The OWASP LLM Top 10 names ten specific risks in LLM-powered apps: prompt injection, data leakage, excessive agency, and seven more, each with its own attack pattern. Testing against these risks means chaining a planted instruction through to real data exposure or confirming that rate limits cap costs, rather than just documenting that they should. …

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]]> How to Choose Between AI Red Teaming and an AI Security Assessment https://7asecurity.com/blog/2026/09/ai-red-teaming-vs-ai-penetration-testing/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:01:38 +0000 AI red teaming and AI penetration testing are not the same thing. AI penetration testing looks for every possible vulnerability to build a secure baseline. AI red teaming simulates a targeted attack to test your detection and response capabilities. Choose an AI security assessment based on your current operational maturity. People use the terms "AI …

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]]> Incus security audit by 7ASecurity https://7asecurity.com/blog/2026/09/incus-security-audit-7asecurity/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:38:33 +0000 7ASecurity publishes an independent Incus audit: all 14 vulnerabilities and 14 of 17 hardening recommendations were resolved and independently verified.

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]]> API Penetration Testing Methodology: How Testers Structure the Engagement https://7asecurity.com/blog/2026/09/api-pentesting-guide/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:04:04 +0000 API penetration testing methodology starts with scoping and endpoint mapping. From there, it moves through authentication, authorisation, and business logic testing. Findings then get mapped back to the OWASP API Security Top 10. This piece walks through that process from a tester's side. An API (Application Programming Interface) doesn't have a login page to click …

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]]> Cloud Penetration Testing: Validating AWS, Azure, and GCP Security https://7asecurity.com/blog/2026/08/cloud-penetration-testing/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:50:39 +0000 Cloud penetration testing looks different from a standard network test. The risk sits in identity and access management, not firewalls. AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud all let you test your resources without asking first. However, you just must stay inside their published rules. Cloud penetration testing exists because of a split some teams only …

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]]> LLM Pentesting Checklist: Prompt Injection, Data Leakage, and Tool Abuse https://7asecurity.com/blog/2026/08/llm-pentesting-checklist/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:19:44 +0000 LLM pentesting needs to cover more than the model's text output. A proper test scopes the model, its plugins, and its data sources. Then, it works through known risk categories, including prompt injection, data leakage, and tool abuse. Shipping an AI feature moves faster than most security processes were built to handle. A chatbot goes …

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