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 …
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 …
What Happens When the Threat Is Already Inside? Effective internal network penetration testing addresses a classic security fear, much like the line from horror films: 'The call is coming from inside the house'. In cybersecurity, this is a daily reality. While we spend a lot of time building strong walls to keep attackers out, many …
