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Insights on penetration testing, security trends, and product updates from our team of offensive security experts.

Securing SaaS: A Practical Guide to VAPT for Cloud-Native Platforms

A practical guide to vulnerability assessment and penetration testing for SaaS platforms — methodology, API testing, cloud misconfiguration checks, and the tools that keep cloud-native products secure.

Jun 15, 20253 min

Pentest Tips

How Hackers Exploit APIs & How to Stop Them

How attackers target APIs, the top 2024–2025 API CVEs, and ten defensive strategies — from strong authentication and rate limiting to continuous security testing.

Jun 5, 20254 min

Pentest Tips

The Role of Offensive Security in Modern Cyber Threats

Offensive security uses ethical hackers and red teams to break in first and reveal blind spots — why thinking like an adversary is essential to modern defense.

May 20, 20252 min

Pentest Tips

Top 10 Web Application Security Threats in 2025 (And How to Prevent Them)

The ten most significant web application security risks in 2025 — broken authentication, API insecurity, injection, supply chain flaws and more — with practical prevention strategies.

Apr 22, 20252 min

Threat Intelligence

The Oracle Cloud Breach of 2025: Unpacking the Year's Biggest Supply Chain Attack

A March 2025 Oracle Cloud breach exposed 6 million records across 140,000+ tenants through an unpatched CVE-2021-35587 flaw — the timeline, the evidence, and what to do now.

Apr 10, 20252 min

Threat Intelligence

Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in Ingress NGINX (CVE-2025-1974)

CVE-2025-1974, part of the 'Ingress Nightmare' cluster, enables unauthenticated RCE in the Kubernetes Ingress-NGINX admission controller — how it works and how to remediate.

Apr 2, 20253 min

Pentest Tips

What is Penetration Testing? A Beginner's Guide

An authorized, simulated cyberattack that finds vulnerabilities before real attackers do — the pen testing process, why it matters, and the main types explained.

Mar 28, 20233 min

Threat Intelligence

Evaluate Security Threats and Vulnerabilities

The difference between a vulnerability and a threat, common attack vectors like SQL injection and XSS, and how proactive scanning and SIEM reduce your risk.

Mar 24, 20233 min

Cloud Security

Why You Should Consider Investing in Cloud Security

What cloud security protects, how it works in five steps, and why investing in it improves data accessibility and scalability while reducing operational cost.

Mar 20, 20232 min

Threat Intelligence

3-Increased Vulnerabilities Due to Wireless Data Exchange

Wireless networks trade physical barriers for convenience — how signal interception, misconfiguration, and man-in-the-middle attacks expose data, and how to defend against them.

Mar 16, 20232 min

Pentest Tips

Ways to Conduct a Secure Code Review

Why security belongs at every stage of the SDLC, how penetration testing complements code review, and a step-by-step approach to reviewing code securely.

Mar 12, 20232 min

Pentest Tips

Penetration Testing 101

A beginner-friendly introduction to penetration testing — why it matters, what it protects, and the differences between white, black, and grey box testing.

Mar 8, 20232 min

Industry News

Protecting Yourself Online in 2023

Practical ways to safeguard your digital footprint — managing privacy settings, monitoring your online presence, and registering your personal brand to prevent identity fraud.

Mar 4, 20232 min

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