Foundations
Scoping, authorization, rules of engagement, standards, documentation habits, delivery constraints and the business logic behind a real assessment.
HackTheCorePentest // Broad operational hub
Pentest is the fastest starting point when an engagement spans multiple surfaces or when you need a high-level route across reconnaissance, access, escalation, reporting and specialist pivots.
Choose the closest target surface, then move into its focused research hub and field briefs.
Scoping, authorization, rules of engagement, standards, documentation habits, delivery constraints and the business logic behind a real assessment.
Internal network assessments, password attacks, Active Directory tradecraft, C2, thick clients, persistence and pivoting.
Web testing workflows, OWASP coverage, browser tooling, client trust and application-layer exploitation.
REST, GraphQL, object-level access, OAuth/OIDC, JWT, schema abuse and API fuzzing.
AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, IaC drift, control-plane abuse and cloud identity.
Android and iOS testing, Frida, pinning bypass, storage, deep links and runtime analysis.
Entra, Okta, SSO, consent abuse, token theft, SCIM drift and conditional-access pressure.
Linux, Windows and macOS privilege escalation with a focus on enumeration, path discovery and practical abuse chains.
Payload staging, AV/EDR pressure, OPSEC, client-side chains, custom tooling and C2 tradecraft.
Git secrets, runner compromise, artifact poisoning, signing, SBOM and build-system trust.
Industrial protocols, PLC/HMI trust, segmentation failures and process-manipulation risk.
Prompt injection, jailbreaks, unsafe agents, retrieval abuse, tool compromise and model API pressure.
Autopilot, MAVLink, ROS, telemetry, companion computers and field-side control trust.
Shellcoding, payload construction, scripting for offensive use, exploit analysis and practical evasion concepts.
x86 and ARM basics, Ghidra, radare2, macOS analysis and memory-corruption-oriented reversing.