Areas // Offensive domain map

A research map for the offensive security surface.

Use Areas when you want the fastest route into a target class, technology stack or operator problem. Each card opens a dedicated hub with focused notes, selected public references and linked specialist material.

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Core domains, specialist surfaces and support zones across the platform.

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Foundations

Reference pages for planning, authorization, scoping, documentation and delivery logic.

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Internal Operations

Infrastructure-led offensive work from enumeration and credential pressure to pivoting and C2.

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Escalation Paths

Host-level privilege paths across Linux, Windows and macOS with emphasis on verification and realism.

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Application Security

Application-security coverage spanning workflow, browser behavior and exploitation logic.

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API Security

Dedicated endpoint, token, object and schema abuse coverage beyond classic browser-led testing.

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Cloud Offensive Security

Provider identities, control planes, IaC drift, Kubernetes and cloud automation abuse.

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Mobile App Pentesting

Android and iOS testing, instrumentation, pinning bypass, storage and mobile reversing.

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Identity / SSO Abuse

Entra, Okta, federation, token theft, consent abuse and tenant trust failures.

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Wireless Operations

Signal capture, protocol analysis, rogue infrastructure and client-side wireless attack paths.

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DevSecOps / Supply Chain

Git, CI/CD, runner abuse, package trust, signing, SBOM and build-system compromise.

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OT / ICS Security

Modbus, DNP3, PLC and HMI trust, segmentation drift and process manipulation risk.

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AI Security

Prompt injection, agent compromise, retrieval abuse, model APIs and offensive AI ops.

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Drone / Robotics Security

Autopilots, MAVLink, ROS, companion computers and field operator trust.

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Exploit Development

Payload engineering, shellcoding, analysis and exploit-oriented custom tooling.

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Reverse Engineering

Static and dynamic binary analysis across desktop and specialist targets.

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Advanced Pentesting

Specialist assessment routes that connect modern target classes, tradecraft and multi-surface attack paths.

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Secure Coding

Defensive implementation patterns for reducing exploitable design, validation and trust-boundary failures.

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Social Engineering

Authorized human-layer assessments covering pretext controls, communication trust and measurable resilience.

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Source Code Auditing

Manual and automated review of application logic, dependencies, secrets, artifacts and risky data flows.

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