penetration testing

Cyber Essentials does not require a penetration test, and CE+ uses vulnerability scanning rather than adversarial testing. A side-by-side guide to what each certification covers, what it misses, and when …

A vulnerability assessment scans your IT systems for known security weaknesses, rates each one by severity, and produces a prioritised fix list. This guide explains how the process works, what …

The Gentlemen ransomware gang ships an EDR killer framework to every affiliate, targeting 48 security products before encryption begins. Here are three practical checks every IT team should make this …

The FortiBleed Fortinet VPN breach compromised 74,000 firewalls, many running current firmware. The real failures were exposed management interfaces, legacy password hashing, and no MFA. Here is the harder lesson.

Vulnerability scanning and penetration testing both assess your security, but they answer different questions. Here is what each does, when to use it, and what UK businesses get wrong about …

UK penetration test pricing ranges from £800 to £50,000+, but the cheapest options often deliver automated scan reports rather than real testing. This guide explains how to identify quality and …

External network, web application, internal, API, cloud, social engineering: the types of penetration testing explained, with a practical guide to deciding which your business should commission first.

Penetration test costs in the UK range from £2,500 to £25,000, but the number depends entirely on scope. This guide helps you work out what you need before you ask …

Penetration testing is a controlled attack on your own systems to find exploitable weaknesses before real attackers do. This guide covers how it differs from a vulnerability scan, the main …

TLDR Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team has confirmed Fast16 malware was built to sabotage nuclear weapon simulations. The framework dates back to roughly 2005, around two years before Stuxnet was active. …