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Download: Automating Pentest Delivery Guide

Pentesting remains one of the most effective ways to identify real-world weaknesses, but the method for delivering results hasn’t evolved. Manual workflows involving static documents and email threads introduce delays, create inefficiencies, and diminish the value of the work. This guide on Automating Pentest Delivery teaches you how to modernize your workflows and transform traditional…

Phishing reclaims the top initial access spot, attackers experiment with AI tools

Phishing returned as the leading method attackers used to break into organizations in the first quarter of 2026, accounting for over a third of engagements where initial access could be determined, according to Cisco Talos. It is the first quarter phishing has led the category since Q2 2025, when exploitation of public-facing applications took over…

A Little Bit Pivoting: What Web Shells are Attackers Looking for?, (Tue, Apr 7th)

Webshells remain a popular method for attackers to maintain persistence on a compromised web server. Many “arbitrary file write” and “remote code execution” vulnerabilities are used to drop small files on systems for later execution of additional payloads. The names of these files keep changing and are often chosen to “fit in” with other files. Webshells themselves…

AI Flaws in Amazon Bedrock, LangSmith, and SGLang Enable Data Exfiltration and RCE

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new method for exfiltrating sensitive data from artificial intelligence (AI) code execution environments using domain name system (DNS) queries. In a report published Monday, BeyondTrust revealed that Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter’s sandbox mode permits outbound DNS queries that an attacker can exploit to enable interactive shells