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CVE analysis, pentest research and DevSecOps guides from the BreachVex team, updated every week.
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Checking HTTP security headers: eleven tools compared
Eleven HTTP header and CSP checkers compared on what they measure, what they do not, language, account requirement and maintenance status. One of the eleven is paid, and the table says so. Survey date: 26 October 2026.
security-headerscsptools - Guides··7 min
X-Frame-Options: what the header allows, and what it does not tell you
DENY, SAMEORIGIN, ALLOW-FROM: what each value really allows, three curl commands to read the final response, the fix per stack, and the cases where the header protects nothing.
http-headersclickjackingx-frame-optionscsp - Guides··6 min
Vulnerability Scan Pricing: The Three Models
How vulnerability scanning gets billed in 2026: per scan, per application or per asset, or by annual licence, with the published prices we could verify.
pricingscandastbudget - comparisons··14 min
BreachVex vs Burp Suite Enterprise in 2026
BreachVex vs Burp Suite DAST (formerly Enterprise) for AppSec teams in 2026 — pricing, automation depth, proof-of-exploit, and workflow fit.
burp-suitedastcomparisonautomated-pentest - comparisons··16 min
BreachVex vs Detectify: EASM vs Pentest (2026)
BreachVex and Detectify solve different problems: one monitors your external surface continuously, the other proves exploitability on critical apps.
comparisondetectifyeasmdast - comparisons··14 min
BreachVex vs Pentera: Automated Pentest 2026
BreachVex vs Pentera 2026: deployment, pricing, web vs infrastructure coverage, proof-of-exploit, FP rate, CI/CD fit. Honest verdict for CTOs.
comparisonpenteraautomated-pentestdast - Guides··22 min
Pentesting FastAPI Applications in 2026
BOLA, Pydantic mass assignment, JWT alg confusion, async races, SQLAlchemy injection, CORS misconfig — vulnerable and fixed Python code per vector.
fastapipythonframework-securityapi-security - Guides··21 min
Pentesting GraphQL APIs in 2026: Full Guide
Federation, persisted queries, batching, alias smuggling, BFLA, WebSocket subscriptions — complete GraphQL security reference for AppSec engineers.
graphqlapi-securityapolloframework-security - Guides··22 min
Pentesting Next.js 16: RSC & Server Actions
Next.js 16 pentest guide 2026: RSC RCE (CVE-2025-55182), middleware bypass (CVE-2025-29927), Server Actions CSRF/BOLA, cache poisoning, full attack surface.
nextjsframework-securityrscserver-actions - Product··7 min
Automated Pentest: What It Finds, What It Misses
What an automated pentest finds on its own, what it misses, and why a reproduced exploit changes how you triage the queue. Six OWASP categories, named.
automated-pentestmethodologydastdevsecops - Guides··5 min
API Security Testing Checklist for 2026
Practical checklist for auth, authorization, input validation, rate limiting, CORS, and GraphQL attack vectors. Use before every API deployment.
apichecklist - Industry··5 min
Shift Left Security: Why Early Fixes Cost Less
Vulnerability fix cost grows exponentially the later it is found. The quantitative case for integrating security testing earlier in the lifecycle.
devsecopsci-cd - Industry··13 min
OWASP Top 10:2025 — Category by Category
OWASP Top 10:2025 is the current release (Nov 2025). Supply Chain Failures is A03 (new), SSRF folds into A01, Misconfiguration jumps to #2, A10 is brand new.
owaspvulnerabilitiesappsec - Guides··8 min
How Much Does a Pentest Cost for an SMB? (2026)
What an SMB pays for a penetration test in 2026: what moves the price, the published market rates, and where a per-scan model lands. Sources listed.
pricingpentestsmbbudget - Guides··5 min
Exploit Validation vs Vulnerability Scanning
Exploit validation runs the attack and keeps the evidence. Vulnerability scanning matches patterns and returns candidates.
methodologyproof-of-exploit - Guides··4 min
SARIF Explained: Pentest Results in CI/CD
SARIF 2.1.0 is the standard format for security tool output. How it works, how to consume it in GitHub Code Scanning, and why it matters for DevSecOps.
sarifreporting - Research··5 min
XSS 2025–2026: DOM Attacks & Trusted Types
Reflected XSS is declining. DOM-based XSS in React, Vue, and Next.js apps is rising. The current attack surface and which defenses actually work.
xssresearch - Guides··12 min
What Is Automated Penetration Testing? (2026)
Automated penetration testing uses AI agents to simulate real attacks against your web app without manual intervention. How it works and why it matters.
automated pentestweb securityAI pentestingcompliance