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Ryan Basden

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Certification Experience: OSCP and PWKv2

Strategy recommendations, pitfalls to avoid, and why you should just write the lab report for crying out loud. There’s a reason why this certification…

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Productive Hacking: 5 Indicators of a Quality Penetration Test

Key elements of penetration tests that actually work for you. Everyone seems to have a different idea of what a penetration test is. Does it involve p…

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Webinar: Pentest Engagement Types: A Guide to Understanding Simulated Attack Types

This webinar will define and explain common penetration test offerings in detail, outline the key differences and benefits, and help you decide which …

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The Road To Better Password Cracking (Part 2)

The part where hashcat does a ton of heavy lifting. In the last post, I discussed how some simple character conversion and inferences about human beha…

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The Road to Better Password Cracking (Part 1)

Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love AWS GPU clusters. Passwords are terrible.

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So, you got a pentest. Now what?

How to progress toward a truly secure organization and infrastructure after penetration testing. You did it – you paid for penetration testing service…

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Analyzing Your Attack Surface Like A Hacker

When most people think of hacking, they think of what Hollywood portrays. In a dark basement, a hooded, perhaps tattooed outcast rapidly types nonsens…

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Understanding Different Types of Penetration Testing Engagements

There is understandably quite a bit of confusion in the market place when it comes to offensive security engagements. Consultants use a number of term…

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