Overview

This section documents my work and practice related to offensive security, focusing on identifying, exploiting, and understanding weaknesses in systems, applications, and identity infrastructures.

The offensive security activities documented here aim to simulate realistic attack scenarios in order to evaluate security posture, uncover impactful weaknesses, and provide actionable insights that can be used to improve defensive controls.

Rather than treating offensive security as isolated vulnerability discovery, the focus is placed on:

• Understanding attack paths and chaining weaknesses

• Evaluating real-world impact and risk

• Assessing how attacks bypass or evade existing controls

• Translating offensive findings into defensive improvements

Scope of this section

The content in this section covers offensive security practices across different domains, including but not limited to:

• Web application pentesting, focusing on logic flaws, authentication and authorization issues, and common exploitation paths

• Active Directory attacks, including privilege escalation, lateral movement, and abuse of identity misconfigurations

• Exploitation workflows, from initial access to post-exploitation activities

• Attack simulation, aligned with common adversary techniques and real-world threat models

All activities are performed in controlled environments such as labs, simulated infrastructures, or anonymized scenarios.

Methodology and approach

The offensive security work documented here follows a structured approach:

• Enumeration and understanding of the target environment

• Identification of weaknesses and attack opportunities

• Controlled exploitation to validate impact

• Documentation of findings with technical and contextual detail

• Mapping offensive findings to defensive gaps where applicable

This approach ensures that offensive testing remains purpose-driven, focused on risk and improvement rather than exploitation for its own sake.

Relationship with defensive security

Offensive security in this documentation is closely linked to defensive practices. Findings from offensive exercises are often used to:

• Validate detection capabilities

• Improve monitoring and alerting

• Refine incident response procedures

• Strengthen preventive controls

This connection supports a Purple Team mindset, where offensive insights directly contribute to defensive maturity.

Notes

The material presented in this section is intended for educational and professional purposes only. No real production systems are targeted, and no sensitive information is disclosed.