Posts by Steve Laura

3 min Phishing

Lessons from a Pen Test: The Power of a Well-Researched and Well-Timed Phishing Email

On a recent pen test, Steve Laura saw just how effective phishing emails can be with the right research and timing.

4 min Research

This One Time on a Pen Test, Part 5: From Physical Security Weakness to Strength

During a physical social engineering penetration test, I easily got into the office with the help of a copied badge and polite employees. But would the company learn its lesson?

4 min Penetration Testing

Pentesting in the Real World: Local File Inclusion with Windows Server Files

This is the 5th in a series of blog topics by penetration testers, for penetration testers, highlighting some of the advanced pentesting techniques they'll be teaching in our new Network Assault and Application Assault certifications, opening for registration this week. For more information, check out the training page at www.rapid7.com/services/training-certification/penetration-testing-training.jsp [http://www.rapid7.com/services/training-certification/penetration-testing-training.jsp] First

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