Testing & QA
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- Conducting Cloud Penetration TestingMahipalThis skill outlines methodologies for performing authorized penetration testing against AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud environments. It covers understanding the shared responsibility model for testing scope, leveraging cloud-specific attack tools like Pacu and ScoutSuite, exploiting IAM misconfigurations, testing for SSRF to cloud metadata services, and reporting findings aligned to MITRE ATT&CK…
- Conducting Man In The Middle Attack SimulationMahipalSimulates man-in-the-middle attacks using Ettercap, mitmproxy, and Bettercap in authorized environments to intercept, analyze, and modify network traffic for testing encryption enforcement, certificate validation, and detection capabilities.
- Detecting Broken Object Property Level AuthorizationMahipalDetect and test for OWASP API3:2023 Broken Object Property Level Authorization (BOPLA), covering excessive data exposure in API responses and mass assignment via injected request-body properties. Use when reviewing API responses/requests for over-exposed or over-writable object fields, or building detection rules and test cases for property-level authorization gaps that object-level checks miss.
- Detecting T1055 Process Injection With SysmonMahipalDetect process injection techniques (T1055) - including DLL injection, process hollowing, and APC injection - by analyzing Sysmon Event IDs 1, 7, 8, 10, and 25 for cross-process memory operations, remote thread creation, and anomalous DLL loads.
- Exploiting Adcs With CertipyMahipalUse Certipy to enumerate AD CS certificate authorities and templates over LDAP/RPC, then exploit ESC1-ESC16 misconfigurations - SAN abuse, NTLM relay to web enrollment (ESC8), Shadow Credentials, golden certificate forgery, and PKINIT/Schannel auth.
- Exploiting AWS With PacuMahipalRuns the Pacu AWS exploitation framework end-to-end — session and credential setup, IAM enumeration, automated privilege-escalation scanning via iam__privesc_scan, and persistence/backdooring modules like iam__backdoor_users_keys.
- Exploiting Broken Function Level AuthorizationMahipalTests APIs for Broken Function Level Authorization (OWASP API5:2023) by identifying admin and privileged endpoints, then reaching them with regular-user credentials via HTTP method switching, URL path manipulation, and parameter tampering. Use when testing whether low-privilege users can invoke admin API functions or otherwise escalate privileges via function-level access control gaps.
- Exploiting Broken Link HijackingMahipalDiscovers and exploits broken link hijacking by spidering a site (Burp Suite Spider, Scrapy, curl scraping), extracting referenced external scripts/domains, and checking DNS/CNAME records and domain registration status for expired or unclaimed resources an attacker could register.
- Exploiting Constrained Delegation AbuseMahipalExploits Kerberos Constrained Delegation misconfigurations in Active Directory using Impacket's findDelegation.py and getST.py (or Rubeus/Kekeo on Windows) to abuse S4U2Self and S4U2Proxy and impersonate privileged users.
- Exploiting Http Request SmugglingMahipalDetects and exploits HTTP request smuggling caused by Content-Length/Transfer-Encoding parsing discrepancies between front-end and back-end servers, using Burp Suite Repeater (auto Content-Length disabled), the HTTP Request Smuggler extension, and smuggler.py.
- Exploiting Jwt Algorithm Confusion AttackMahipalExploits JWT algorithm confusion where the server's verification library trusts the alg named in the token header, by switching RS256 to HS256 (signing with the RSA public key as HMAC secret), setting alg to none, or injecting kid/jku/x5u headers to supply an attacker-controlled key. Use when testing RS256 JWT auth for algorithm downgrade, alg:none bypass, or key-confusion signature forgery.
- Exploiting Kerberoasting With ImpacketMahipalPerforms Kerberoasting (MITRE ATT&CK T1558.003) using Impacket's GetUserSPNs.py to request Kerberos TGS tickets for SPN-registered service accounts, then cracks the extracted RC4/AES-encrypted hashes offline to recover service account credentials.
- Exploiting Mass Assignment In Rest ApisMahipalDiscovers and exploits mass assignment (autobinding) in REST APIs by injecting unexpected or hidden parameters (e.g. role, isAdmin, plan) into create/update requests, using Burp Suite Intruder, Arjun, and param-miner to find bindable fields on ORM-backed endpoints (Rails, Django, Laravel, Spring).
- Hunting For Data Staging Before ExfiltrationMahipalDetect data-staging activity (MITRE ATT&CK T1074) by analyzing EDR/Sysmon process-creation and file-system telemetry (Event ID 4688, Sysmon 1/11) for 7-Zip/RAR/tar archive creation, unusual temp or hidden folder access, and anomalous consolidation of files from multiple directories.
- Implementing Deception Based Detection With CanarytokenMahipalDeploys and monitors Canary Tokens via the Thinkst Canary REST API for deception-based breach detection, programmatically creating web bug, DNS, MS Word document, and AWS API key tokens and generating deception coverage reports from triggered alerts. Use when standing up honeytoken tripwires for early breach detection or building a deception-technology coverage report.
- Implementing End To End Encryption For MessagingMahipalImplements a simplified Signal Protocol-style end-to-end encryption scheme for messaging, covering key exchange, forward secrecy, and the core cryptographic components so no server or intermediary can decrypt messages. Use when designing or building E2EE messaging, or evaluating forward-secrecy and key-management tradeoffs for a messaging system.
- Implementing Endpoint Detection With WazuhMahipalDeploys and configures Wazuh SIEM/XDR for endpoint detection, covering agent authentication and management, custom decoder and rule XML creation, alert querying via the Wazuh REST API, rule testing with wazuh-logtest, and automated active-response actions. Use when setting up endpoint detection and response, writing or testing custom Wazuh rules, or querying and triaging Wazuh alerts.
- Implementing Immutable Backup With ResticMahipalImplements ransomware-resistant backups using restic with S3-compatible Object Lock (AWS S3, MinIO, Backblaze B2), automating backup creation, integrity checks via restic check --read-data, retention enforcement, and restore testing. Use when building immutable backup infrastructure, adding a WORM copy to a 3-2-1-1-0 strategy, or automating scheduled backup-verification workflows.
- Implementing Mitre Attack Coverage MappingMahipalImplement MITRE ATT&CK coverage mapping to identify detection gaps, prioritize rule development, and measure SOC detection maturity against adversary techniques.
- Implementing Policy As Code With Open Policy AgentMahipalImplements policy-as-code enforcement with Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Gatekeeper for Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines, covering writing Rego policies, deploying OPA Gatekeeper as a Kubernetes admission controller, testing policies in development, and integrating policy evaluation into deployment pipelines.
- Implementing Ransomware Backup StrategyMahipalDesigns a ransomware-resilient backup strategy using the 3-2-1-1-0 methodology (3 copies, 2 media types, 1 offsite, 1 immutable/air-gapped, 0 restore errors), configuring RPO/RTO-aligned schedules, isolating backup credentials, and automating restore testing. Use when planning ransomware backup resilience or air-gapped/immutable backup architecture.
- Implementing Saml Sso With OktaMahipalImplement SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On using Okta as the Identity Provider, covering SP-initiated and IdP-initiated flows, attribute mapping, certificate management, SHA-256 signature enforcement, and Single Logout. Use when configuring Okta SAML SSO for an application, hardening SAML certificate rotation and signing, or testing and troubleshooting SAML assertion flows with a tracer tool.
- Integrating Dast With Owasp Zap In PipelineMahipalIntegrates OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) into GitHub Actions and GitLab CI pipelines, covering baseline, full, and API scan configuration against running applications, ZAP finding interpretation, scan policy tuning, and DAST quality gates.
- Mapping Attack Paths With Bloodhound CeMahipalCollect Active Directory data with SharpHound and Entra ID data with AzureHound, ingest into BloodHound Community Edition, and analyze on-prem, cloud, and hybrid attack paths using built-in queries and custom Cypher. Use during authorized red-team or penetration-test engagements to map privilege-escalation chains toward domain/tenant compromise.