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Practical security research, pentesting guides, cloud, application and AI security insights from the SecByte consulting team.

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Penetration Testing
28 July 20268 min read

Scoping a penetration test that actually finds things

Most disappointing penetration tests fail at the scoping call, not during testing. Here is how we scope engagements so testers spend their time where risk actually lives.

Ayaan Rahman · Principal Penetration Tester

Application Security
14 June 20267 min read

Broken object-level authorisation still wins in 2026

Framework defaults solved most injection classes. Authorisation is still handwritten, per-endpoint, and it is where our teams find the highest-impact issues.

Marta Kovacs · Application Security Lead

Cloud Security
2 May 20266 min read

Most cloud misconfiguration is really an identity problem

Public buckets get the headlines. In our reviews, the findings that actually lead to compromise are almost always over-permissive roles and forgotten trust relationships.

Daniel Osei · Cloud Security Consultant

AI Security
9 April 20269 min read

Security testing LLM features without the theatre

Prompt injection demos are entertaining. What actually matters is what your model is allowed to touch when the injection succeeds.

Priya Nair · AI Security Researcher