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Introducing Security Testing in QA
Jan 10, 2024

Introducing Security Testing in QA

Fixing these vulnerabilities in production is more expensive than finding and fixing them earlier in the SDLC. One way that organizations can drive down the cost of vulnerability management is by integrating security testing into software quality assurance (QA) testing.
Surfacing the Invisible: A Guide to Web Application Attack Surface Management
Dec 05, 2023

Surfacing the Invisible: A Guide to Web Application Attack Surface Management

The top five web application-specific attack surface management opportunities Sprocket Security sees regularly.
Discovering wp-admin.php URLs in Wordpress With GravityForms
Apr 05, 2023

Discovering wp-admin.php URLs in Wordpress With GravityForms

By targeting a specific endpoint and passing in a random string, GravityForms will prompt users to authenticate first. This results in the unauthenticated user being redirected to the obscured administrative login page for /wp-admin.
cURL For The Pentester: Above & Beyond
Mar 03, 2023

cURL For The Pentester: Above & Beyond

Did you know you can interact with LDAP using cURL? How about NTLM, proxy tunneling, or domain sockets? A deep dive into some less common and advanced features of cURL, including sending POST requests with a payload file, uploading files to a server, exploiting Spring4Shell, and exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities using cURL.
Tools for Evading External Network Security Controls
Dec 09, 2022

Tools for Evading External Network Security Controls

Offensive operations require evasion techniques to bypass security controls. Testers will often find that their attacks against web applications, Office 365, and other external endpoints are quickly blocked. Read our guide outlining the tools we use here at Sprocket to help us effectively attack our client's infrastructure including Fireprox, proxybroker2 and http-proxy-ipv6-pool.
The Top 7 Most Exploitable CVEs in 2022
Nov 04, 2022

The Top 7 Most Exploitable CVEs in 2022

Vulnerability management can be an overwhelming task with so many new vulnerabilities identified each year. Learn about the top vulnerabilities of 2022, which should be at the top of your patch priority list.
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