Penetration Testing – Deception through Vocabulary

A beginner's guide explaining how penetration testers simulate skilled attackers to uncover real-world vulnerabilities across networks, applications, and cloud, and how to choose a testing provider.

A glossary of adversarial machine learning terms that distinguishes AI from ML, explains supervised and unsupervised learning paradigms, and equips security teams for conversations about LLM risks.

PowerShell plus the .NET Reflection API can invoke methods from .NET assemblies without an IDE or recompilation, e.g. to decrypt database passwords whose encryption routine lives in the code.

Knowing top vulnerabilities and defenses is half the equation; realistic adversarial testing, not compliance checklists, is the practice that actually improves organizational security.

Misconfigured SQL Server linked servers let attackers traverse database link networks, access unauthorized data, and deploy shells. The post covers enumerating links via the sysservers table.

Terminal Services, Citrix, and kiosk deployments are rarely locked down enough to prevent OS breakouts. The post outlines a testing process, from dialog box abuse to gaining shells and consoles.