Notes from the bench.
Findings, post-mortems, scanner walkthroughs and the occasional opinion. Written by the operators on the engagement, not by the marketing team. No template-driven slop.
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WordPress Security: Step by Step Guide
Why WordPress powers so much of the web and how to lock it down — a step-by-step guide to securing the CMS that runs your site.
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Comprehensive Guide to Black Box Penetration Testing: Techniques, Tools, and Best Practices
A comprehensive black box penetration testing playbook — the techniques, tools and best practices that make external, zero-knowledge assessments effective, plus the challenges to expect.
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Understanding White Box Penetration Testing
A deep dive into white box penetration testing — testing with full knowledge of a system's internals, why that matters, and how it hardens infrastructure from the inside out.
AI Security
Prompt Injection and Prompt Monitoring: An Attacker’s View
Prompt injection lets attacker-controlled text override an LLM's instructions to exfiltrate data or abuse tools. Here is how the attacks work and how to catch them in production.
Cyber Security
Best Laptop Computers for Cyber Security
What to look for in a machine built for security work — the specs, hardware and advanced features that make a laptop fit for hacking, testing and data handling.
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Vulnerability Testing for Business Owners
A business-focused guide to vulnerability testing — what it is, how the process works, the tools involved and why it sits at the heart of a solid security strategy.
Written by the operators
on the engagement.
We publish what we'd want to read on the train home. Reproducers, post-mortems, the occasional opinion. If a piece doesn't survive a peer review by the bench, it doesn't ship.