Pentera Blog: Pentesting, Red Teaming & Security

APT Attacks: The Sith Lords of the Cyber World

Assaf Regev

10 Nov 2024

APTs are dangerous because they are built for patience, persistence, and long-term impact. They exploit small weaknesses, stay hidden, and move carefully until they reach critical systems or data. Defending against them requires continuous validation, fast detection, and the ability to contain attacks before they gain momentum.

How Attackers Can Achieve a DoS Attack in Microsoft Active Directory

Amit German

07 Nov 2024

Low-level permissions should not create domain-wide risk. Abuse of group management can lock users out and disrupt operations. That makes identity validation and least-privilege enforcement critical.

Continuous Security Validation Against AI-Driven Threats – A Field CISO’s Insights

Pentera Team

06 Nov 2024

AI is making attacks faster and harder to predict. Continuous security validation helps organizations prove their defenses can actually stop them. That shift is critical to staying ahead of modern threats.

Why Proactive Cybersecurity Starts with Attack Surface Management (ASM)

Assaf Regev

04 Nov 2024

The MOVEit breach showed how a single exposed weakness in a trusted third-party tool can cascade into massive business impact. Attack Surface Management helps organizations find and reduce those exposures before attackers exploit them. You cannot protect what you do not continuously see, validate, and prioritize.

Prove Your Defenses Work with Continuous Security Validation

Shakel Ahmed

29 Oct 2024

Reactive security is no longer enough in a threat landscape that changes daily. Continuous security validation helps organizations prove their controls can withstand real attack techniques across the environment. That is what turns cybersecurity from a periodic check into an ongoing state of readiness.

What CISOs Need to Know About the New SEC Cybersecurity Guidelines

Jason Mar-Tang

13 Oct 2024

The SEC’s rules raise the bar on cyber governance and disclosure. Companies must assess incidents quickly and communicate risk clearly. That makes continuous visibility and readiness essential.

Comparing On-premise vs. Cloud-Based Penetration Testing Strategies

Kyle Bobak

08 Oct 2024

Cloud and on-prem environments expose different risks, but neither is secure by default. What matters is validating how attackers could actually move through each environment and across the gaps between them. Effective security testing must reflect that reality with continuous, environment-specific validation.

Why Pay a Pentester? The Shift to Automated Penetration Testing

Aviv Cohen

08 Oct 2024

Penetration testing should no longer be limited by cost, speed, or scope. Automated pentesting gives security teams the ability to validate more of their environment, more often, with far greater efficiency. That shift is redefining security testing from a periodic exercise into a continuous capability.

How Susceptible are Your Linux Machines to a Ransomware Attack?

Alon Segal

01 Oct 2024

Linux ransomware is rising because attackers are targeting the systems organizations depend on most. That makes continuous validation of Linux exposures just as critical as Windows. Resilience starts by testing the attack paths adversaries are already using.

Ransomware Readiness Strategies: How to Protect Your Organization

Pentera Team

01 Oct 2024

Ransomware readiness is about proving your defenses work. Tools alone are not enough. Continuous validation is what turns preparation into real resilience.

Emulating Cryptomining Attacks: A Deep Dive into Resource Draining with GPU Programming

Pentera Team

11 Sep 2024

Cryptojacking quietly turns stolen access into profit. It drains resources, raises costs, and impacts performance without immediate visibility. Continuous validation helps organizations catch and stop it sooner.

Aligning Security Testing with IT Infrastructure Changes

Dana Meschiany

09 Sep 2024

When security testing does not keep pace with IT change, risk accumulates in the gaps. Continuous security validation helps organizations keep defenses aligned with a constantly evolving environment. That shift makes pentesting more than a compliance task—it becomes a strategic part of managing cyber risk.