The warning signs that separate a genuine penetration test from a scan with a report template, and how to choose a penetration testing company that won’t disappoint.
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Commissioning PCI DSS penetration testing? What Requirement 11.4 actually obliges you to buy, and the questions to ask before you sign a quote.
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StegoAd infected 2.6 million users through official browser stores using steganography to hide payloads in images. Here is what UK businesses should audit and lock down.
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Many organisations receive pen test reports they cannot act on. This guide explains what a thorough penetration test report looks like and the red flags that indicate a poor one.
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Most UK businesses pen test once a year. But annual testing is a minimum, not a strategy. This guide explains when your penetration test frequency needs to increase and what …
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An external penetration test simulates an outside attacker probing your perimeter. An internal test simulates what happens once someone is already inside. Both answer different questions, and your organisation probably …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.