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Search ArticlesA comprehensive guide to the most powerful tools used by bug bounty hunters and penetration testers, including Burp Suite, SQLmap, and Shodan.
Bug bounties have revolutionized the security landscape, allowing organizations to crowdsource their security testing. Whether you're a seasoned hunter or just starting, having the right toolkit is e...
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Cybersecurity Engineer
Master mobile application security. Learn how to decompile APKs, bypass jailbreak detection, and intercept SSL traffic on iOS and Android devices.
# iOS and Android Hacking Guide 2025 Mobile devices hold our most sensitive data. Securing them is paramount. This guide covers the essential techniques for testing the security of iOS and Android a...
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Cybersecurity Engineer
Learn how to identify and exploit critical WordPress vulnerabilities in 2025. A deep dive into plugin exploits, theme vulnerabilities, and core misconfigurations for ethical hackers and bug bounty hunters.
# WordPress Exploitation 2025: The Ultimate Guide WordPress powers over 40% of the web, making it the #1 target for cyberattacks. In 2025, the landscape of WordPress security has evolved, but the co...
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Cybersecurity Engineer
Unlock the secrets of AWS penetration testing. Learn how to exploit S3 buckets, IAM misconfigurations, and Lambda functions to compromise cloud infrastructure.
# AWS Cloud Penetration Testing Secrets The cloud is not just someone else's computer; it's a complex attack surface with unique vulnerabilities. As organizations migrate to AWS in 2025, cloud penet...
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A technical deep dive into finding and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities. Learn about fuzzing, reverse engineering, and bypassing modern memory protections like ASLR and DEP.
# Zero-Day Exploit Development: The Elite Path Finding a zero-day vulnerability is the pinnacle of hacking. It requires deep knowledge of operating systems, memory management, and assembly language....
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Technology can be patched, human nature cannot. Learn the psychological triggers behind phishing, vishing, and physical breaches in this 2025 masterclass.
# Social Engineering Masterclass: Hacking the Human The most sophisticated firewall can be bypassed by a polite phone call. Social engineering targets the weakest link in any security chain: the hum...
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Want to become an ethical hacker? This roadmap outlines the essential skills, certifications, and tools you need to start your career in penetration testing in 2025.
# Getting Started with Penetration Testing: A Roadmap for 2025 The demand for skilled penetration testers and ethical hackers is at an all-time high. As cyber threats evolve, organizations need prof...
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Dive deep into Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). Learn about Reflected, Stored, and DOM-based XSS, how to exploit them, and the best practices for securing your applications.
# Mastering Cross-Site Scripting (XSS): A Comprehensive Guide for 2025 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other ...
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Cybersecurity Engineer
Master SQL Injection (SQLi) with this comprehensive guide. Learn advanced exploitation techniques, WAF bypass methods, and robust prevention strategies for modern web applications.
# The Ultimate Guide to SQL Injection (SQLi) in 2025 SQL Injection (SQLi) remains one of the most prevalent and devastating vulnerabilities in the cybersecurity landscape. Despite being known for de...
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Cybersecurity Engineer
A comprehensive overview of the web hacking landscape in 2025. From client-side attacks to server-side vulnerabilities, learn what every ethical hacker needs to know.
# Web Hacking 101 in 2025 The web has changed. In 2025, we aren't just dealing with simple SQL injections in PHP scripts. We are facing complex Single Page Applications (SPAs), serverless architectu...
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Cybersecurity Engineer
Vulnerabilities often hide in the shadows. Learn how to exploit secondary contexts like log files, admin panels, and background jobs.
# Attacking Secondary Contexts Most bug hunters focus on the immediate response: input XSS payload, see alert box. But some of the most critical vulnerabilities happen in "secondary contexts" – plac...
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Modern WAFs are tough, but Unicode normalization can be their undoing. Learn how to use compatibility characters to sneak payloads past security filters.
# Bypassing WAFs with Unicode Compatibility Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) often rely on blacklists. They block `<script>`, `javascript:`, and `alert(`. But what if we can write these words withou...
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Cybersecurity Engineer
Large Language Models are changing the game. Discover how to use AI to generate payloads, analyze code, and automate vulnerability detection.
# Enhancing Security Testing with AI Artificial Intelligence, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs), is revolutionizing cybersecurity. It's not just about generating phishing emails; it's about ...
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Prototype Pollution is a JavaScript-specific vulnerability that can lead to XSS, RCE, and DoS. Learn how it works and how to detect it in modern libraries.
# Prototype Pollution in 2025 Prototype Pollution occurs when an attacker can modify the prototype of a base object in JavaScript (usually `Object.prototype`). Because almost all objects in JS inher...
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Web3 security is booming. Learn the basics of auditing Solidity smart contracts, common vulnerabilities like Reentrancy, and tools like Slither and Mythril.
# Smart Contract Auditing With billions of dollars locked in DeFi protocols, smart contract security is critical. A single bug can drain a protocol's entire liquidity in seconds. ## Common Vulnerab...
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A detailed review of OWASP ZAP 2.16. New features, performance improvements, and why it's a serious competitor to paid scanners.
# ZAP 2.16 Review ⚡️ OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) has long been the "free alternative" to Burp Suite. With version 2.16, it's proving to be much more than that. ## Key Updates ### 1. Enhanced HUD ...
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Dead links aren't just a UX problem; they are a security risk. Learn how broken links can lead to subdomain takeovers and phishing attacks.
# Automating Dead Link Detection We often ignore 404 errors. But in the world of security, a dead link can be a backdoor. ## The Security Risk: Broken Link Hijacking If your website links to an ex...
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Discover the dangerous world of zero-interaction XSS. How payloads in metadata, filenames, and API responses can trigger without a single click.
# Hidden XSS? No User Interaction! We usually think of XSS as "send link to victim, victim clicks link". But the most dangerous XSS requires no interaction at all. ## Vectors for Hidden XSS ### 1....
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