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Continuous Penetration Testing (PTaaS): Beyond the Once-a-Year Pentest

xer0dayz — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:18:20 +0000

The annual pentest is stale within weeks. A 2026 guide to continuous penetration testing and PTaaS - how it differs from point-in-time testing and from continuous ASM, and how to run it with Sn1per.

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Automated Penetration Testing: What It Is, How It Works, and Where It Needs Humans (2026)

xer0dayz — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:18:10 +0000

Automated penetration testing, explained without the hype. What it is, automated vs manual (and why you need both), what automation can and cannot do, the workflow, and where Sn1per fits.

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Adversarial Exposure Validation: How Red Teams Turn Attack Surface Scans Into Proven Risk (AEV)

xer0dayz — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:18:05 +0000

A scan that returns 12,000 findings has not told you what to fix. A 2026 guide to adversarial exposure validation (AEV) - the scan-to-proven-path pipeline that turns attack surface scanning into a short list of validated, exploitable attack paths.

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Sn1per Professional 2026 Released: A New Era for Attack Surface Management

xer0dayz — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:42:16 +0000

Sn1per Professional 2026 is here — Docker-first deployment, a fully modernized Bootstrap 5 web UI, Workspace Navigator, JSON API v1.0, comprehensive scan modes, an Offcanvas Quick Commands sidebar, and a hardened PHP library stack. Here is everything that shipped.

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Passive Reconnaissance Techniques For Penetration Testing

xer0dayz — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:37:14 +0000

As a top ranked bug bounty researcher and Sr. Penetration Tester, I’ve discovered some critical vulnerabilities without ever directly accessing or scanning the target in question. These vulnerabilities are typically…

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