It’s the ultimate nightmare for any platform operator: You invest years into creating deep tech content, painstakingly build organic reach, and suddenly your domain’s visibility drops faster than a small Hetzner server under a massive DDoS attack. That is exactly what happened to this blog around April 10, 2026. Following the violent aftershocks of the … [Read more…]
The IT security industry is facing a significant skills shortage, and many firms feel pressured to integrate junior penetration testers directly into client projects. At binsec GmbH, we have made a deliberate decision to take a different path. In our core sectors specifically banking, payment, insurance, critical infrastructure (KRITIS), and medical devices, “training on the … [Read more…]
The BACPP certificate by binsec academy GmbH has been established since 2018, now it has received the official “knighthood”: The BACPP (Binsec Academy Certified Pentest Professional) is now officially recognized and listed by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) as a qualified proof of competence for penetration testers. What we have been practicing … [Read more…]
On security.sauer.ninja, I don’t just share technical insights—I occasionally offer direct perspectives from the executive board of binsec GmbH. This time, the focus is on the strategic thoughts and planning behind our latest project: the Pentest Collective. The era of the generalist is over. Anyone claiming to cover everything from web shop scans to state-actor … [Read more…]
We’ve seen this moment before. When PHP took off, web development changed almost overnight. Suddenly, it felt like anyone could build a website. A bit of copy and paste, a few tutorials, cheap hosting and you were live. The barrier to entry dropped dramatically. Speed and innovation increased. The internet exploded. A lot of things … [Read more…]
In my daily work as the founder of the binsec group, I identified a gaping void in the market. The traditional, checklist-based penetration test reaches its limits when the threat originates from highly professional state-sponsored actors. For this very reason, we have formed a specialized surgical unit within our Pentest Collective: Exfilion. Exfilion is a … [Read more…]
OWASP ZAP is one of the most well-known tools in web pentesting. Sooner or later, most people come across it. In trainings, labs, or early hands-on experience, it is often one of the first tools used. In professional pentesting, however, it tends to play a smaller role. What is OWASP ZAP? OWASP ZAP is an … [Read more…]
In application security, two references appear particularly often: the OWASP Top 10 and the CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses. Both lists are frequently mentioned in security guidelines, training materials, and penetration testing reports and aim to highlight common security problems in software. At first glance, both lists appear to describe the same thing: … [Read more…]
The Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES) describes a structured methodology for conducting penetration tests. The goal of the standard is to define the typical project phases of a penetration test and thereby create a transparent process from planning to reporting the results. The standard emerged around 2010 as a community-driven initiative by security professionals. To … [Read more…]
I hear from many new binsec customers that they were previously fobbed off by other budget pentest providers with automated vulnerability scans disguised as a “penetration test”, especially when the clients were still startups at that time and only had a limited budget. That is why our focus at Hackeroo is strictly on genuine, manual … [Read more…]
