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10 million most popular websites
Our list of the top 10 million websites available for you to freely download
Dec 22, 20224 min read


Ruby off the Rails (CVE-2022-3704)
Understanding Ruby on Rails vulnerability CVE-2022-3704 and what it means for future-proofing code
Nov 15, 20223 min read


Lessons from Pentesting Smart Buildings
How to hack (& protect) smart devices. We share common findings from our smart building pentests.
Jul 20, 20227 min read


UK councils at risk of cyber attack: our ITV News interviews
We recently featured on ITV News explaining the Hackney Council cyber attack and the threat facing UK councils. Catch up on the videos.
Jul 6, 20221 min read


Three things that every developer should know about cyber security
What every ethical hacker wishes developers knew about cyber security.
Mar 31, 20227 min read


Notes from a Pentester: How we found 2 new BuddyBoss vulnerabilities
How we discovered two Wordpress plugin vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-43334 and CVE-2021-44692.
Jan 26, 20224 min read


Notes from a Pentester: CVE-2021-43333 (DataLogic Devices)
During a recent pentest for a client we discovered a number of devices on their network that looked interesting, after 25 years of...
Jan 10, 20223 min read


How to Build Your Own Log4Shell Demo (CVE-2021-4428)
A step-by-step guide to building your own Log4Shell demo, with video overview.
Dec 16, 20213 min read


Explaining Log4Shell in Simple Terms
Vulnerabilities are discovered everyday. While some can be serious, most are not so scary that they get everyone in a (justifiable)...
Dec 13, 20216 min read


CVE-2021-29203 (HP Edgeline Manager) - Explained
FC takes a look at a proof of concept for CVE-2021-29203 (HP Edgeline Manager).
May 17, 20212 min read


What is APT28's Drovorub Malware?
The NSA and FBI have today released an advisory (pdf) about the previously undisclosed malware called Drovorub, that has been attributed...
Aug 13, 20202 min read


Cache Me Outside how bout dat?
Many of you will remember our blog post about RIDL, FALLOUT and ZombieLoad back in 2019, hot on the heels of Spectre and Meltdown from...
Jan 28, 20204 min read


The First Official NSA Exploit (CVE-2020-0601)
2020 starts with a shift in cybersecurity and the level of transparency that we usually see from the alphabet agencies. Tuesday the 14th...
Jan 15, 20204 min read


RIDL, FALLOUT and ZombieLoad
So three(3) new hardware based vulnerabilities were released and whilst we all remember Spectre or Meltdown from last year these ones,...
May 15, 20193 min read
What we can learn from the APT34 leak
The Iranian hacking group known as APT34/Oilrig/HelixKitten have had a breach of their own: a dump of the breach has now been made...
Apr 18, 20193 min read
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