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Penetration Testing
This One Time on a Pen Test: Our Accidental Win
In this blog, we recall one pen test where a placeholder password we put in actually worked with one login account.
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Penetration Testing
This One Time on a Pen Test: What’s in the Box?
Here is the story of how one of our penetration testers exploited ExternalBlue on a rogue access point.
2 min
Penetration Testing
This One Time on a Pen Test: The Pizza of Doom
Here is the story of how I bypassed physical security controls by posing as a pizza delivery guy and showing up to my client site with a pizza pie.
2 min
Penetration Testing
This One Time on a Pen Test: Your Mouse Is My Keyboard
In one engagement, we were tasked with compromising the internal network of a facility that was used for medical trials. Here's what happened.
1 min
Penetration Testing
This One Time on a Pen Test: Nerds in the NERC
Here is the story of how we gained access to a NERC CIP control room in a power plant as part of a penetration testing engagement.
2 min
Penetration Testing
This One Time on a Pen Test: Missed a Spot
In this penetration testing story, Ted Raffle discusses how even strong security controls and threat mitigation can miss the mark when only one or two systems fall through the cracks.
12 min
Penetration Testing
Ask a Pen Tester: Q&A with Rapid7 Penetration Tester Aaron Herndon
Recently, we gave our customers the opportunity to ask members of our penetration testing services team any burning questions they have.
2 min
Penetration Testing
This One Time on a Pen Test: How I Compromised a Healthcare Portal Before My Hot Cocoa Went Cold
Here is the story of how I used a simple SQL injection attack to compromise a healthcare portal.
2 min
Penetration Testing
This One Time on a Pen Test: Paging Doctor Hackerman
In this blog, one of our penetration testers tells the story of how he hacked X-ray machine and got the keys to the entire network.
4 min
Penetration Testing
Why a 17-Year Veteran Pen Tester Took the OSCP
Why would a 17-year veteran penetration tester undergo the somewhat costly, time-consuming, and challenging ordeal to obtain what may be considered an entry-level certification?
4 min
Haxmas
The Return of Snapid Kevin to the North Pole
Santa has once again enlisted the help of his security consultant, Snapid Kevin, to evaluate his physical security. What will Snapid turn up?
3 min
Penetration Testing
7 Funny and Punny Halloween Costume Ideas for Tech and Cybersecurity Pros
Stuck on what to be this year? Here are some of our favorite Halloween costume ideas for tech and cybersecurity professionals.
4 min
Research
This One Time on a Pen Test, Part 5: From Physical Security Weakness to Strength
During a physical social engineering penetration test, I easily got into the office with the help of a copied badge and polite employees. But would the company learn its lesson?
4 min
Research
Password Tips from a Pen Tester: Are 12-Character Passwords Really Stronger, or Just a Dime a Dozen?
On penetration tests, the three most common passwords are a variation of company name, the season/year, and a variation of “password.” But what happens if we lengthen the password requirement?
3 min
Penetration Testing
Putting Pen (Tests) to Paper: Lessons and Learnings from Rapid7’s Annual Mega-Hackathon
Rapid7's Mega-Hackathon offers a unique chance to go beyond the data and get a feel for what pen testers are like in their natural habitat.