Penetration Testing Methodology
Our structured approach to identifying vulnerabilities in web applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure before attackers do.
Testing Phases
Enumerate subdomains, open ports, technology stack, and public-facing assets. Map the attack surface using both automated tools and manual review.
Automated vulnerability scanning with Burp Suite, Nuclei, and Nmap. Identify known CVEs, misconfigurations, and exposed services.
Manual exploitation of identified vulnerabilities. Test authentication bypasses, injection flaws, authorization issues, and business logic errors.
Detailed findings report with severity ratings (CVSS), proof-of-concept evidence, and prioritized remediation guidance.
Verify all critical and high findings are fixed. Provide a clean report confirming remediation for stakeholders.
Common Vulnerability Areas
Authentication
Weak passwords, missing MFA, session fixation, JWT vulnerabilities, and insecure password reset flows.
Authorization
IDOR (Insecure Direct Object References), privilege escalation, missing function-level access controls.
Injection
SQL injection, XSS (reflected, stored, DOM-based), command injection, and server-side template injection.
Configuration
Default credentials, verbose error messages, open S3 buckets, missing security headers, and exposed admin panels.
Tooling
Burp Suite Professional for intercepting proxy, Semgrep for SAST, OWASP ZAP for automated scanning
Postman for API exploration, Nuclei for template-based scanning, custom Python scripts for fuzzing
Nmap for port scanning, ScoutSuite for cloud config audit, Prowler for AWS security assessment
Custom report templates with CVSS scoring, screenshot evidence, and step-by-step reproduction guides
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