Penetration Testing Services

Penetration Testing Service provides organizations with a functional test of the network and application controls that help to secure their operations and data.

In today’s digital landscape, IT teams are constantly constructing, maintaining, and refining their network defenses against a relentless wave of internal and external threats. But how well do these defenses truly hold up? Understanding your vulnerabilities is the key to safeguarding your digital castle.

NetCloud Defence (NCD) goes beyond traditional testing. We take the time to truly understand your business and its unique security landscape. By adopting the perspective of a cunning attacker, we gain a multifaceted view, encompassing both the big picture and the intricate technical aspects of your systems. Leveraging pre-defined goals, we prioritize vulnerabilities, systematically targeting your weakest links and relentlessly probing until we identify those critical entry points that could lead to a complete system compromise and privileged access to sensitive information.

Our Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) services employ a blended methodology, seamlessly integrating the efficiency of automated tools with the expertise of manual testing. We conduct safe and controlled attempts to gain privileged access to your firewalls, networks, devices, servers, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, web applications, and any other potential vulnerabilities. Once a vulnerability is successfully exploited, our security analysts will simulate a multi-stage attack, aiming to escalate their privileges and navigate deeper into your electronic infrastructure to access critical information.

This comprehensive approach offers an in-depth understanding of your security posture, empowering you to prioritize remediation efforts and fortify your defenses against real-world cyber threats. Partner with NCD and let us help you build a truly impregnable digital fortress.

NetCloud Defence is a worldwide CREST Accredited Penetration Testing service provider with CREST certified Penetration Testers and covering mainly Hong Kong and Southeast Asia region

Learn more about CREST and the benefits of engaging an accredited penetration testing provider

Empower your decisions with knowledge. Our comprehensive resource center offers answers to all your security questions, big or small. Plus, our team of security experts is always here to provide personalized guidance, ensuring you have the information you need to make informed decisions with confidence.

Don’t let security questions become overwhelming. Our expert’s consulting experts have a deep understanding of diverse security topics. We’re here to address your concerns, no matter how unique, providing clear answers and insightful guidance to empower your security decisions.

Our Penetration Testing Certifications

Netcloud Defence‘s consultants and penetration testers hold the most recognised certifications in cyber security and penetration testing industry such as: SANS/GIAC GPEN, GWAPT, GCIH, GMOB, OSCP, CEH, CISSP, CISA and more!

Why penetration testing with our Cybersecurity Consulting?

Our solutions deliver the security you need, maximizing your investment.

Identify Your Security Weaknesses

We uncover vulnerabilities across your entire digital landscape, from networks and applications to IoT devices, with internal, external, and simulated attack testing for complete security coverage.

Ensure Seamless
Compliance

Backed by decades of experience, our consultants can guide you through complex compliance requirements like PCI DSS, crafting and executing test plans that ensure effortless compliance.

Mitigate Human
Risk Factors

Modern cybercriminals recognize your employees as a key access point. We simulate real-world attacks, including phone scams, phishing emails, social media impersonations, and even physical intrusion attempts, to expose and address these vulnerabilities within your workforce.

Data-Driven Decisions for Security Remediation

We leave no stone unturned. From internal networks to mobile apps, we identify vulnerabilities across your entire technology stack, including wireless networks, IoT devices, and even simulated attacks through Red Team exercises.

Get Expert Guidance from Our Security Specialists

Partner with seasoned pen testers who see your defenses through an attacker’s eyes, leveraging years of experience to secure your organization from real-world threats.

Prioritize and Address
Security Risks

Our consultants will reveal your vulnerabilities, explain their real-world impact, and guide you in prioritizing effective remediation.

Uncover Hidden Vulnerabilities: The Power of Penetration Testing

Customized for Your Unique Security Landscape

Features

Details

Right-Sized Security Assessments

We partner with you, not just test you. Our engagement team ensures your security assessment is tailored to your needs – from timing and communication to the rules of engagement. This way, you get the insights you need, on your terms.

Standards-Based Solutions

We stay ahead of the curve. Our team merges cutting-edge standards from NIST, OWASP, and MITRE with our seasoned testers’ expertise to identify and exploit vulnerabilities with the latest tactics.

Pretexting and Social Influence Techniques

Our engagement management team works collaboratively with each client to ensure that the assessment timing, rules of engagement, and communication processes align with customer expectations.

External penetration tests

Identify and exploit vulnerabilities on systems, services,
and applications exposed to the Internet.

Web application assessments

Assess web or mobile applications for vulnerabilities that can lead to unauthorized access or data exposure.

Social engineering

Simulate a malicious insider or an attacker that has gained access
to an end-user system, including escalating privileges.

Types of Penetration Tests

Internal Penetration Testing

An external penetration test acts like a dress rehearsal for a cyberattack, mimicking how outside hackers might target your web applications, websites, and external servers. This helps identify vulnerabilities that could be exploited to gain unauthorized access from the internet.

External Penetration Testing

Building on external pen tests, internal tests simulate an attacker who’s already inside, perhaps through phishing or disgruntled employees. This exposes vulnerabilities they could exploit to move laterally, escalate privileges, or access sensitive data, highlighting the importance of strong internal security and employee awareness.

Thick-Client

Our experts go beyond the surface to identify vulnerabilities in your downloadable software, from the user interface to data transfer and server security. We perform an in-depth analysis to find and fix weaknesses before attackers do.

Web Applications

Our in-depth penetration testing scans your web applications, APIs, and services for vulnerabilities attackers could exploit. We leverage cutting-edge techniques to fortify your defenses against modern web threats.

Mobile Applications

We go beyond the surface to identify vulnerabilities specific to mobile devices, following industry standards like OWASP. This ensures your apps are fortified against the latest mobile threats.

The Digital Backbone

Uncover Hidden Weaknesses. Our expert ethical hackers will simulate real-world attacks on your network, IT infrastructure, cloud environment, and servers. This goes beyond awareness – we identify exploitable vulnerabilities before attackers do, and show you the impact they could have. We’ll also assess user adherence to security policies to ensure a holistic defense.

Active Directory (AD)

Our expert penetration testers secure your Microsoft Windows Active Directory by mimicking real-world attacker tactics. We pinpoint weaknesses in authentication, authorization, and access controls before they can be exploited, preventing privilege escalation and complete domain takeover.

What are the phases of pen testing?

Penetration testing is a structured process with distinct and orderly phases designed to assess and enhance security.
Let’s walk through the stages of pen testing processes one by one:

Phase 1: Planning and Reconnaissance

This initial stage lays the groundwork for subsequent activity by defining goals and gathering intelligence. Cyber teams typically decide on:

– The scope of the pen test
– Objectives tailored to specific areas or systems
– Essential tools and techniques based on objectives

Moreover, this phase involves collecting data such as network and domain names, and mail server configurations, to tailor attacks more precisely.

Phase 2: Scanning

The next step harnesses automated tools to understand how target applications behave under various conditions:

– Static analysis evaluates code without executing it.
– Dynamic analysis runs code or applications to observe real-time behaviors.

Scanners evaluate how well apps and services uphold security in variable environments, providing essential insights into potential vulnerabilities.

Phase 3: Gaining Access

In this critical phase, penetration testers mimic cyber attacks to identify exploitable weaknesses using:

– Cross-site scripting
– SQL injection
– Backdoor creation

Testers seek not just entry points but aim to demonstrate potential data breaches or system hijacks, gaining a clear sense of possible real-world damage.

Phase 4: Maintaining Access

Advanced penetration tests simulate prolonged system intrusions to see if the vulnerability allows for persistent unauthorized access.

This is an especially insightful investigation considering the strategies used by actual cybercriminals who prefer undetected operations over long periods.

Phase 5: Analysis

Finally, all gathered information from previous phases come together here in the pen test analysis report. This detailed report helps stakeholders understand:

– Specific vulnerabilities
– Data compromised during the test
– Time spent within systems by pen testers

Finally, creating strategies for prioritizing remediation according to urgency helps to build resilience against actual threats and ensures continuous improvement in cybersecurity measures in the long term.

Our Penetration Testing Methodology

At NetCloud Defence, our vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT) methodology builds on the approach outlined
in the OWASP Testing Guide, Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM) and Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES).

01
Preparation

02
Recon

03
Mapping

04
Analysis and Reporting

05
Vulnerability Exploitation

06
Vulnerability Discovery

What Are We Testing During a Penetration Test?

The execution of our vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT)
is composed of three main phases explained below:

Active & Passive Reconnaissance

Information gathering about the target organization, as well as identify underlying components such as operating systems, running services, software versions, etc. The following is a non-inclusive list of items that will be tested to allow us to craft our attack in an informed fashion, elevating our probability of success:

– Open domain search
– DNS investigation
– Public information search (search engines, social networks, newsgroups, etc.)
– Network enumeration
– Port scanning, OS fingerprinting, and version scanning
– Firewall enumeration

Vulnerability Identification

Assessment that consists of evaluating the information assets in scope against 80’000+ vulnerabilities and configuration checks, in addition to CWE/SANS TOP 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors and OWASP Top Ten vulnerabilities. wizlynx group uses several vulnerability scanners, as well as manual techniques, to test the many services that are reachable via the network such as SMTP, HTTP, FTP, SMB, SSH, SNMP, DNS, etc. The following vulnerability types can be identified (non-inclusive list):

Service-Side Exploitation

– Remote code execution
– Buffer overflow
– Code Injection
– Web Application exploitation
(XSS, SQLi, XXE, CSRF, LFI, RFI, and more)

Network Manipulation
& Exploitation

– VLAN Hopping attacks
– ARP Spoofing
– HSRP/VRRP Man-In-The-Middle attack (MiTM)
– Routing Protocols MiTM

Identity & Authentication Weakness Exploitation

– Default username and password
– Weak and guessable user credentials

Privilege Escalation

– Default username and password
– Weak and guessable user credentials

Vulnerability Exploitation

Using a hybrid approach (automated and manual testing), our security analysts will attempt to gain privileged access to the target systems in a controlled manner by exploiting the identified vulnerabilities in previous phase “Vulnerability Identification”.

Supported Web Application Testing Approaches

Web application penetration testing services support the following testing approaches when assessing web apps:

Blackbox Web Application Penetration Test

Refers to testing a system without having specific knowledge of the inner workings of the information asset, no access to the source code, and no knowledge of the architecture. This approach closely mimics how an attacker typically approaches a web application at first. However, due to the lack of application knowledge, the uncovering of bugs and/or vulnerabilities can take significantly longer and may not provide a full view of the application’s security posture.

Greybox Web Application Penetration Test

Refers to testing the system while having some knowledge of the target asset. This knowledge is usually constrained to the URL of the application, as well as user credentials representing different user roles. Greybox testing allows focus and prioritized efforts based on superior knowledge of the target system. This increased knowledge can result in identifying more significant vulnerabilities, while putting in much less effort. Therefore, greybox testing can be a sensible approach to better simulate advantages attackers have, versus security professionals when assessing applications. Registered testing allows the penetration tester to fully assess the web application for potential vulnerabilities. Additionally, it allows the tester to verify any weaknesses in application authorization which could result in vertical and/or horizontal privilege escalation.

Whitebox Web Application Penetration Test

Refers to testing the system while having full knowledge of the target system. At wizlynx group, our whitebox penetration test is composed of a greybox test combined with a secure code review. Such assessments will provide a full understanding of the application and its infrastructure’s security posture.

What Security Advantages Do Penetration Tests Offer?

Our penetration test goes beyond just identifying vulnerabilities.
We deliver a comprehensive report designed for both technical and non-technical audiences.
This report equips you with a prioritized risk list for C-level decision-making, detailed results with evidence for remediation,
and a comparison of your security posture against industry standards. We’ll even present the findings and discuss recommendations,
ensuring you have a clear roadmap to fortify your defenses against evolving threats.

FAQ

Our Comprehensive Penetration Testing Services. We offer a multi-layered approach to security testing, including network, application, and wireless penetration testing, combined with social engineering assessments. This comprehensive approach exposes vulnerabilities across your entire IT infrastructure, so you can prioritize and address them before attackers do.

Our pen testers leverage a diverse arsenal of open-source and cutting-edge commercial tools to exploit vulnerabilities, mimicking real-world attacker tactics. This way, we identify and address your security weaknesses before they can be used against you.

We offer comprehensive testing options to fit your needs. Our experts can conduct on-site assessments for a deep dive into your physical infrastructure. Additionally, for a streamlined experience, we can leverage the Remote Internal Pen-Test (RIPT) device for secure and efficient remote testing. This flexibility ensures a comprehensive assessment without disruption to your daily operations.

Get a fast and accurate timeline for your penetration test. Our team will assess your environment and provide an estimated duration, typically within 1-3 weeks.

Our penetration testing starts with automated vulnerability scans to identify potential weaknesses. But we don’t stop there! Our cybersecurity consultants meticulously review these findings to eliminate false positives and ensure no critical vulnerabilities slip through the cracks. This manual verification, combined with advanced testing techniques, allows us to uncover even the most complex and emerging security threats.

Penetration testing mimics a real-world attack, systematically uncovering weaknesses. The process starts with reconnaissance, gathering intel about your systems like a spy on a mission. Next, automated scans sweep your environment for vulnerabilities, similar to security guards with metal detectors. Our experts then meticulously verify these findings and attempt to exploit them in a safe, controlled setting, testing their severity. If a vulnerability is critical, we assess the potential damage and prioritize remediation steps. Finally, a detailed report with recommendations becomes your roadmap to a more secure future.

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