Astra Security Blog

Shopping for security testing, you’d have probably noticed that almost every vendor now promises continuous autonomous pentesting. The word sounds reassuring, suggesting round-the-clock surveillance, patching and making sure nothing slips through. But when you ask for what is being surveilled, when, how frequently, your levers in reporting and support, the milk starts to get ...

Over the years, Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) has helped you identify common vulnerabilities via automated scanning, fuzzing, and pattern-based detection. While valuable for baseline vulnerability discovery and compliance requirements, many security leaders, including maybe y...

Ever wonder why security programs in most organizations fall short despite purchasing defensive cybersecurity tools, conducting offensive security scans, and meeting compliance? Simply put, their attack surface changes faster than validation does, i.e., teams add new assets, deploy code constantly, expand access, and let configurations drift.

Say you installed fire...

You can no longer blindly bank on the security boundary you trusted most, and no one is talking about it enough. For years, phishing took a familiar form, such as emails, URLs, and login pages. ChatGPhish breaks that stereotype, though.

Permiso Security’s Andi Ahmeti disclosed this technique on 29 May 2026. This mechanic is simple: add attacker-controlled Markdown ...

Security teams are spending more money than ever on offensive security, and getting less clarity than ever on what it buys using them.

For a long time, the central debate was pentesting vs red teaming. That argument settled itself once buyers understood that the two serve different objectives. Now it’s slipping again due to autonomous pentesting vs red teaming.