Penetration Testing

Our comprehensive website penetration testing service is designed to expose vulnerabilities at every layer of your web infrastructure. We combine automated tools with expert manual analysis to provide you with actionable insights and recommendations, ensuring your online presence remains secure against evolving threats.

Our Process Involves Two Key Stages:

Preliminary Vulnerability Assessment & Reconnaissance

• Initial Checks: We begin by verifying the relevance and security of your operating system, including current patches and updates. We assess server software for known vulnerabilities, confirm correct DNS settings, and evaluate SSL/TLS configurations.
• Broad-Spectrum Analysis: Our process includes port scanning, detection of potential bugs, and investigation of malicious shell processes. We also analyze the network topology to understand how vulnerabilities might allow control of your server.
• Automated & Manual Testing: Using both semi-automatic and fully automated methods, we search for weaknesses across all protocols and authentication systems, checking for issues such as buffer overflows, atypical server behavior, and misconfigurations.
• External Databases & Protocol Attacks: We cross-reference vulnerabilities against global databases and model attacks on link-layer protocols (ARP, CDP, STP, VTP) to evaluate potential real-world exploits.
• Access & Policy Review: Finally, we assess document access rights and server management policies to identify any logical errors or oversights that could be exploited.

Stage #1 – Initial Scanning & Reconnaissance

• Scope Agreement: We start with a clear definition of the test parameters and objectives.
• Network Scanning: Our team conducts comprehensive TCP and UDP port scans — including scans without ping — to map your network accurately.
• Service Identification: We perform banner detection and service fingerprinting to identify running services and potential vulnerabilities, using basic exploit detection methods.
• Preliminary Reporting: All findings are visualized and documented in a draft report, which sets the stage for the in-depth analysis in the next phase.

Stage #2 – Deep Dive & Exploit Analysis

• Detailed Reconnaissance: We perform an in-depth examination of all discovered services, manually testing each identified port and preparing specialized software for protocol-specific analysis.
• Advanced Exploit Detection: Leveraging automatic tools we scan for specific software exploits, test protocols for weaknesses, and verify the use of default passwords.
• Web Vulnerability Assessment: Both automatic and manual analyses of HTTP/HTTPS services are conducted, ensuring no web-based vulnerabilities are overlooked.
• Extended Reconnaissance: When necessary, we go beyond the predefined scope to conduct additional checks, guaranteeing a thorough evaluation of your website’s security.

By following this meticulous, multi-stage approach, we ensure that every potential vulnerability is identified and addressed, providing you with a fortified defense against cyber threats.

Our comprehensive server security audit combines advanced automated scanning — utilizing both commercial vulnerability scanners and manual analysis by our cybersecurity experts. This dual approach ensures that every potential vulnerability within your server infrastructure is identified and addressed, safeguarding your critical assets against evolving cyber threats.

Our Audit Process:

Initial Assessment & Automated Scanning:

• Operating System & Patches: Verify that your operating system is current, with all necessary patches and updates installed.
• Vulnerable Software Detection: Identify any outdated or vulnerable software running on your server.
• DNS Verification: Ensure DNS settings are correctly configured.
• Deep Exploitation Testing: Utilize a variety of techniques, including brute force attacks, to probe for weaknesses.
• SSL/TLS Configuration: Assess the strength and correctness of your SSL and TLS setups.
• Software Integrity Checks: Analyze the validity and security of installed software.
• Port Scanning: Conduct thorough scans to identify open ports and potential entry points.
• Bug & Process Analysis: Search for bugs that could affect server performance, detect malicious shell processes, and analyze network topology for potential control vulnerabilities.
• Protocol Brute Force: Attempt brute force attacks on all protocols and authentication systems.
• Automated Vulnerability Scanning: Employ semi-automatic and automatic tools to uncover vulnerabilities in server services and components.
• Confidentiality Checks: Assess the possibility of unauthorized access to confidential information.
• Buffer Overflow Testing: Check all available software for buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
• Behavioral Analysis: Identify atypical server behavior and incorrect responses.
• Global Vulnerability Cross-Check: Verify findings against global vulnerability databases.
• Link Layer Attack Modeling: Simulate attacks on data link layer protocols (ARP, CDP, STP, VTP).
• Access Rights & Policy Review: Analyze document access permissions and overall policies governing document and folder management.
• Remote Command Execution: Evaluate the potential for unauthorized remote command execution.
• Network Interference: Where feasible, test the possibility of disrupting network operations.
• Policy & Settings Validation: Review server security policies, development strategies, and server settings for logical errors.
• Repository Audit: Search for unsecured or unclosed repositories.
• Management Systems Analysis: Examine server management systems and virtualization environments.

Our Two-Stage Approach:

Stage #1 – Initial Reconnaissance & Data Collection:

• Scope Agreement: Establish clear testing parameters and objectives.
• Port Scanning: Execute TCP and UDP port scans, including scans without ping.
• Banner Grabbing & Fingerprinting: Identify services through banner detection and fingerprinting.
• Preliminary Exploit Detection: Apply basic methods to detect initial vulnerabilities.
• Visualization & Documentation: Visualize results and compile preliminary findings in a draft report, setting the stage for deeper analysis.

Stage #2 – In-Depth Analysis & Exploit Verification:

• Deep Reconnaissance: Conduct an extensive examination of detected services and available ports.
• Manual Analysis: Perform hands-on testing for each identified port, tailoring tools to specific protocols.
• Advanced Exploit Scanning: Use automated tools to detect exploits and verify vulnerabilities.
• Protocol & Password Checks: Test for protocol-specific exploits and verify if default passwords are in use.
• Web Vulnerability Assessment: Automatically and manually analyze web services (HTTP/HTTPS) for vulnerabilities, as applicable.
• Extended Reconnaissance: Perform additional checks beyond the initial scope to ensure a comprehensive evaluation.

By meticulously following this structured methodology, our server security audit provides you with detailed insights and actionable recommendations, empowering you to reinforce your defenses and maintain a robust security posture.

In the course of such cyber security testing we combine usage of commercial vulnerability scanners and manual work. Our basic methodology for auditing the security of web applications: The audit of the target (web components and web environment) is carried out by the “Black Box” method and includes the following steps:

• Passive information gathering.
• Definition of the web environment.
• Definition of the platform.
• Definition of the CMS type.
• Port scanning and fingerprinting.
• Manual analysis.
• Banner grabbing / public exploit search.
• Automatic scanning.
• Data analysis.
• Resource problems detection.
• Manual analysis in passive mode.
• Data gathering and analysis.
• Analysis of attack vectors.
• Confirmation of the determined vectors.
• Preparation of report based on the rendered cyber services.

In the process of website audit, the following actions are performed over the target being tested:

• Searching for vulnerabilities in the server components.
• Searching for vulnerabilities in the server web environment.
• Checking for remote arbitrary code execution.
• Checking for overflows.
• Checking for injections (code injection).
• Attempts to bypass the web resource authentication system.
• Checking web resource for all possible known vulnerabilities.
• Attempts to hijack privileged accounts (or sessions of such accounts).
• Attempts to perform zero-day exploitation.
• Searching for components with known vulnerabilities.
• Checking for redirects to other sites and open redirects.
• Directory and file scanning with bruteforce and google hacking.
• Analysis of search forms, registration forms, authorization forms, etc.
• Race condition attacks.
• Password guessing.

  Upon completion of the audit, a detailed report is provided, containing detected vulnerabilities, remediation recommendations, examples of cyber security threats, and a description of possible intrusion scenarios.