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Want to understand how Windows handles authentication and access tokens? Security analyst @emanuelduss.ch explains how they’re created, used, and abused - with live demos.

🎥Presentation: youtu.be/_ODdwpxXRR4?...

#Security #Pentest #WindowsInternals
Windows Access Tokens - From Authentication to Exploitation
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November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🎉Success. Our #Pwn2own team combined #zeroday bugs to #exploit @home-assistant.io green which earned them $20'000 and 4 pts. Congratz to @bcyrill.bsky.social Emanuele, Lukasz @muukong.bsky.social and @yvesbieri.bsky.social.

Respect to @stephenfewer.bsky.social and the Summoning Team for the wins.
October 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
So proud. Congratz. This is pwntastic!
📢 Confirmed! Emanuele Barbeno, Cyrill Bannwart, Yves Bieri, Lukasz D., Urs Mueller of Compass Security combined an arbitrary file write & cleartext transmission of sensitive data to exploit the @home_assistant Green. Their third round win earns them $20,000 and 4 Master of Pwn points. #Pwn2Own
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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🧭 Navigation complete! The team from Compass Security just charted a course straight into @home_assistant Green at #Pwn2Own. They head off to the disclosure room to spill how they did it. #P2OIreland
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#Pentest of gRPC-Web apps is tricky due to the binary format. We are releasing bRPC-Web, a @portswigger.net @burpsuite.bsky.social extension developed by our @muukong.bsky.social that helps manipulate #gRPC-Web traffic, even in absence of #protobuf schemas. blog.compass-security.com/2025/10/brpc...
October 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
@thezdi.bsky.social #Pwn2own schedule is out. Compass folks have been drawn 3rd to exploit the @home-assistant.io Green for $40,000. 🤞for a #bounty today Tuesday Oct 21st, 5pm (Swiss time). #ethicalhacking

Schedule www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2025/20...
Zero Day Initiative — Pwn2Own Ireland 2025: The Full Schedule
Welcome to Pwn2Own Ireland 2025! We have some amazing spooky entries for this year’s contest, and a potential of up to $2,000,000 - including our largest ever single prize for a 0-click in WhatsApp fo...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Heading to Cork for #Pwn2Own Ireland 🇮🇪. Watch the live draw at 15:00 (Swiss time) to see which target we’ll be taking on 👀🔗 www.linkedin.com/events/pwn2o...
October 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Learn about a FortiProxy Domain Fronting Protection bypass discovered by our analyst @emanuelduss.ch. Details in the advisory: www.compass-security.com/en/news/deta...

Curious how web filters are evaded? Read his blog series: blog.compass-security.com/2025/03/bypa...

#cve #pentest #bypass
Vulnerability in FortiProxy
Security analyst Emanuel Duss identified a vulnerability in FortiProxy.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The leaked LockBit chats give a rare inside look at ransomware ops.

Read our blog for an analysis and lessons for defenders: blog.compass-security.com/2025/10/lock...

#CyberSecurity #Ransomware #LockBit
October 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
NIS2 means stricter rules and steep fines.

Penetration testing is key to proving compliance & improving security, uncovering flaws before attackers do.

Our latest blog explains why you need it now: blog.compass-security.com/2025/09/ensu...

#CyberSecurity #NIS2 #Pentesting
September 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The final episode of our Kerberos deep dive is live!

RBCD opens new attack paths in Kerberos. Learn how misconfigs enable privilege escalation and how to defend.

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#Kerberos #ActiveDirectory
Kerberos Deep Dive Part 6 - Resource-Based Constrained Delegation
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September 18, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Episode 5 of our Kerberos deep dive is live. Constrained delegation isn’t bulletproof. See how attackers exploit it, and how to defend with monitoring & best practices.

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#Kerberos #ActiveDirectory
Kerberos Deep Dive Part 5 - Constrained Delegation
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September 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Episode 4 of our Kerberos deep dive is live. Unconstrained delegation can expose critical credentials. Learn how attackers abuse it. And how to lock down your systems.

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#Kerberos #ActiveDirectory
Kerberos Deep Dive Part 4 - Unconstrained Delegation
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September 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Episode 3 of our Kerberos deep dive is live. AS-REP Roasting abuses accounts without pre-auth. Learn the risks, how attackers exploit it, and how to defend.

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#Kerberos #ActiveDirectory
Kerberos Deep Dive Part 3 - AS-REP Roasting
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September 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We use @jameskettle.com Burp extension Collaborator Everywhere daily. Now our upgrades are in v2: customizable payloads, storage, visibility. Perfect for OOB bugs like SSRF.

Find out more here: blog.compass-security.com/2025/09/coll...

#AppSec #BurpSuite #Pentesting
September 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Episode 2 of our Kerberos deep dive is live.

Kerberoasting lets attackers steal AD service account credentials. See how it works and how to protect your systems: youtu.be/PhNspeJ0r-4?...

#Kerberos #ActiveDirectory
Kerberos Deep Dive Part 2 - Kerberoasting
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September 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Kerberos powers auth in Windows and hides big security risks. We’re launching a 6-part deep dive: from protocol basics to attacks plus how to stop them.

Starts today → blog.compass-security.com/2025/09/tami... → Subscribe to our channel!

#Kerberos #ActiveDirectory
September 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Calling all bug hunters! schulNetz by Centerboard AG is now in scope! Help protect over 100k users in schools. Are you ready to make the grade and earn bounties? Program: bugbounty.compass-security.com/bug-bounties... #bugbounty #cybersecurity #ethicalhacking
September 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Passwords are dead, long live passkeys! 🔑

In our latest blog, we go hands-on: real-life setups, plus tips for recovery and avoiding pitfalls.

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#Passkeys #CyberSecurity #Authentication
August 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Burp collaborator just got a bunch a new features. Credits go to our @compass-security.com Basel team member, Andreas 🙏
We've just released a massive update to Collaborator Everywhere! This is a complete rewrite by @compass-security.com which adds loads of features including in-tool payload customization. Massive thanks to Compass for this epic project takeover. Check out the new features:
July 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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We've just released a massive update to Collaborator Everywhere! This is a complete rewrite by @compass-security.com which adds loads of features including in-tool payload customization. Massive thanks to Compass for this epic project takeover. Check out the new features:
July 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
LLM-based vuln hunting just leveled up with xvulnhuntr - a fork of vulnhuntr with support for: C#, Java, Go. Read @rationalpsyche.bsky.social's blog post and go grab the project on GitHub.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Exploiting the @ubiquiti.bsky.social AI Bullet camera for #Pwn2Own made us sweat more than once.
But persistence paid off. Our detailed blog post is now live: blog.compass-security.com/2025/06/pwn2...

#penetrationtest #pentest #iot #embedded #cybersecurity
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June 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Azure IAM is meant to protect your infrastructure. But misconfigurations do the opposite.
5 critical IAM & Entra ID risks - and how to mitigate them: blog.compass-security.com/2025/06/the-...
June 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Thrilled for #TROOPERS25 Thursday! Emanuele & @yvesbieri.bsky.social share #Pwn2Own wins on #surveillance cams. Method, #exploit, lessons. Drop in, trade war-stories!

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June 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM