Insights & Cybersecurity Stories

StingAD: From One Low-Priv Account to Domain Admin

Stingrai Security Research and Development Labs walks a single low-privileged Active Directory credential to Domain Admin using StingAD: Kerberoasting, Shadow Credentials, AD CS ESC1, DCSync, and a golden ticket.

Penetration Testing for Startups (2026): When, What, and How Much

A founder's buyer guide to penetration testing for startups in 2026: the five triggers that mean it is time, what to scope first, one-time versus continuous, real seed and Series A pricing, and how to read a quote.

Inside Agentic Red Teaming: The 24/7 AI Attacker, and What It Still Cannot Do

Agentic red teaming put an autonomous AI at the top of HackerOne's US leaderboard in 2025. Here is what the 24/7 AI attacker does well, where humans stay essential, and why AI-led-plus-human-validated wins in 2026.

Continuous Red Teaming vs the Annual Pentest: Why 32% Coverage Fails (2026)

The average organization tests only 32% of its attack surface. Here is why annual point-in-time pentests leave dangerous drift gaps in 2026, what continuous testing and PTaaS deliver, and a clear buyer decision framework.

Non-Human Identity Attacks: When Leaked API Keys Become Your Perimeter (2026)

18.1M exposed API keys and tokens and 28.65M new hardcoded secrets made non-human identities the fastest-growing attack surface in 2025. Here is how exposure happens and how to defend it.

Living Off the Land: Why LOLBins Beat Blocklists, and How to Detect Them (2026)

Living off the land explained for defenders: why LOLBins abuse signed OS binaries you cannot blocklist, why signatures fail, and how to detect LOTL with baselining, behavior and lineage analytics, and purple teaming mapped to MITRE ATT&CK.

EDR Evasion in 2026: How Attacks Slip Past Detection, and How Defenders Catch Them

EDR evasion explained for defenders: how modern attacks avoid userland hooks, blind ETW telemetry, and live off the land, plus how to detect and validate against it with behavior analytics and red and purple team testing.

Your App is Pinned. We Got in Anyway: The Real Story of SSL Pinning Bypass

Learn how attackers bypass SSL pinning with Frida, Objection, and binary patching, plus how to harden your mobile app with native pinning and RASP.

GitHub Actions Security Best Practices: 2026 Checklist (25 Controls)

GitHub Actions security best practices for 2026. Twenty-five hardening controls across five categories, each anchored on a verified CVE or public incident, from tj-actions and Nx s1ngularity through TanStack, Megalodon and the August 2026 ChainDrop worm.