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Ep. 4 – Exposed Secrets & Silent Takeovers: How Misconfigurations Open the Door to Attackers
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Exposed secrets, overlooked permissions, and credentials hiding in plain sight—each one leading to a critical breach.
In this episode, we break down three real-world pentest findings where a forgotten file, a misconfigured setting, and a leaked credential gave attackers full control. How did they happen? How can you find similar issues? And what can be done to stop them?
Listen now to learn how attackers exploit these mistakes—and how you can prevent them.
Chapters:
00:00 - INTRO
01:00 - FINDING #1 - How a Forgotten File Exposed Private Repositories
06:37 - FINDING #2 - How Misconfigured Permissions Led to Full System Takeover
14:35 - FINDING #3 - The Credentials That Gave Access to a Network Switch
20:31 - OUTRO
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Chapters
1. INTRO (00:00:00)
2. FINDING #1 - How a Forgotten File Exposed Private Repositories (00:01:00)
3. FINDING #2 - How Misconfigured Permissions Led to Full System Takeover (00:06:37)
4. FINDING #3 - The Credentials That Gave Access to a Network Switch (00:14:35)
5. OUTRO (00:20:31)
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