Intermediate PenTest Digest

Ideal intermediate resource for custom hacking labs and PTES-style methodologies:

• Lab setup: Simulate real threats with guided hacking lab...

Bridging lab practice to live bug hunting means tackling dynamic systems unlike controlled environments.

• Core Skills: Web tech/HTTP, scripting...

Boost your OWASP Top 10 skills with DVWA, a sandbox for SQL injection, XSS, and more on Kali Linux.

• Quick Setup: Run via Podman (sudo podman run -d...

Pentest Reporting Frameworks

• 🔥 PenTest Report Structure Guide: CompTIA Professional Framework: Learn how to structure a professional...

KPMG's AI Security Testing Slipsheet streamlines manual penetration testing to expose vulnerabilities throughout AI systems. A practical guide for pentesters tackling emerging AI threats.

Master CompTIA Professional Framework to structure pentest reports with key sections and best practices for effective communication of security findings.

Effective web app pentesting combines knowledge of attack patterns with disciplined, authorized assessment—not just trying every payload.

• Vuln core: Pre-auth RCE (CVSS 9.3) in Marimo <=0.20.4; /terminal/ws skips auth, grants full PTY shell
• Repro insight: Single unauth WebSocket...

Key steps for SOC 2 penetration testing preparation, focusing on scoping and validation:

• Understand purpose: Demonstrate control effectiveness for...

Critical for web app pentests: AI tools produce broken authentication (OWASP Top 10 #2) via insecure patterns that compile cleanly.

Key flaws to...

Key insights for intermediate pentesters testing container escapes:

• Core Flaw: HTTP requests >1MB truncated before auth plugins but fully processed...

New Pentesting Labs

• 🔥 Husky Hack Labs Beta Launch: Husky Hack Labs is now up in beta with a basic guide to setting up Kali and VMs.

Web App...

Critical updates for intermediate pentesters testing AI-integrated apps:

• Split guidance: Separate solutions for GenAI/LLMs and agentic AI, covering...

Husky Hack Labs beta is now live, offering a basic guide to setting up Kali Linux and VMs for pentesting labs. Ideal starter for intermediate workflows.

New course dives into intermediate web pentesting:

• Exploit OWASP Top 10 to hack websites ethically
• Learn prevention strategies for these popular...

OWASP Top 10 Web Pentesting

• 🔥 TryHackMe OWASP Top 10 2025: Application Design Flaws: Medium article details exploitation of security...

• Access Control Mastery: Course covers testing implementations for authorization bypass and privilege escalation; THM exposes User Management API...

• Top vulnerability in 2026: Broken Access Control tops OWASP due to APIs skipping authorization checks.
• Skeleton key effect: Ignores guards,...

• Privilege escalation via extensions, FDWs, role inheritance, and RLS abuse
• Side-channel attacks like timing to stealthily extract data
• Data...

• 10-min video demo bypasses CSP in DVWA Low via weak configs to execute JavaScript
• Covers CSP basics, why it fails against XSS, common...