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CVE-2024-21378 — Remote Code Execution in Microsoft Outlook
Learn how NetSPI discovered that Microsoft Outlook was vulnerable to authenticated remote code execution (RCE) via synced form objects.
15 Ways to Bypass the PowerShell Execution Policy
NetSPI security expert Scott Sutherland covers 15 ways to bypass the PowerShell execution policy without having local administrator rights on the system.
How to Use Attack Surface Management for Continuous Pentesting
Uncover attack surfaces and exposures with NetSPI’s offensive security including Attack Surface Management (ASM) to enable continuous pentesting.
Azure VM Command Execution using Third-Party Extensions – Salt Minion
In part two of our series, learn how attackers can leverage this legitimate tool to achieve undetected, arbitrary code execution as root, and explore the key detection methods you need to protect your Linux and Windows environments.
Azure VM Command Execution using Third-Party Extensions – Chef
Discover how a privileged principal in Azure can abuse third-party extensions like Chef to achieve arbitrary command execution on target VMs by deploying malicious cookbooks to extract Managed Identity tokens.
CVE-2026-63030 & CVE-2026-60137: WordPress Core Pre-Authentication RCE Overview & Takeaways
These vulnerabilities allow attackers to chain an unauthenticated WordPress REST API flaw with a SQL injection bug to fully take over sites running Core 6.9.0–6.9.4 or 7.0.0–7.0.1.
ADPathFinder: OpenGraph Attack Path Mapping in BloodHound CE
ADPathFinder unifies SharpHound data with OpenGraph collectors like MSSQLHound and ConfigManBearPig. Discover how this tool maps complex, cross-dataset privilege escalation paths across AD, ADCS, MSSQL, and SCCM, and brings vital graph context to your password audits.
Confidence Over Noise: Introducing Continuous AI Findings Validation
NetSPI’s Continuous AI Findings Validation service applies expert human judgment to AI-generated security findings, eliminating false positives and verifying severity so security teams can trust, prioritize, and act with confidence instead of chasing noise.
Bypassing Microsoft Entra Conditional Access Policies via Nested App Authentication
Discover how attackers bypassed Microsoft Entra Conditional Access Policies using Nested App Authentication (NAA) flows in this technical vulnerability breakdown.
I’m Just Asking Questions: Social Engineering as a Reporter
Dive into this real-world social engineering assessment where a fake anonymous tip and an adversary-in-the-middle framework tested the limits of an organization’s security policies.
Beyond the Hype: What Regulated Industries Need to Know Before Trusting AI Security Tooling
AI security tools can build an attack, but enterprise security teams in regulated industries need consistency, auditability, and predictable costs before they can trust one. Learn why the surrounding infrastructure is where most AI security vendors are still falling short.
Splunk Enterprise Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Operations/RCE (CVE-2026-20253): Overview and Takeaways
Splunk disclosed CVE-2026-20253 on June 10, 2026, affecting Splunk Enterprise versions in the 10.0.x and 10.2.x branches. The flaw stems from a PostgreSQL sidecar service endpoint that completely lacks authentication controls (CWE-306), allowing any network-reachable attacker to invoke arbitrary file creation or truncation operations without credentials.
Legacy Meets Modern: Breaking AD Through NIS & MFA Infrastructure
Walk through the path of an internal network test: from a constrained foothold to full domain compromise, and how an overlooked integration point became the weakest link.
Phishing with Misfortune Cookies
Phishing is about creativity. The less likely your target is to think about a link being potentially malicious, the more likely you are to have success. Read how our creative Social Engineering experts ruined free cookies in the break room.
CVE-2026-9082 Drupal Core PostgreSQL SQL Injection Overview and Takeaways
A critical vulnerability in Drupal Core, tracked as CVE-2026-9082, affects Drupal deployments using a PostgreSQL database. The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary SQL queries via crafted JSON:API or search queries. Successful exploitation may result in full database compromise or remote code execution.