ThreatNG for Penetration Testers: The Initial Access Engine
Eliminate the 'Validation Tax' on Your Talent: Automate the Discovery of Leaked Secrets and Claimable Assets to Shift from Data Entry to High-Value Exploitation.
Manual reconnaissance is the burnout engine of modern offensive security. While you burn nearly 40% of your engagement time verifying false positives and scraping data, adversaries are automating the discovery of Zombie APIs, Personal Repositories, and Shadow Infrastructure. ThreatNG is not just a scanner; it is your Initial Access Engine. We shatter the Glass Envelope of compiled mobile binaries to reveal hardcoded secrets and validate Subdomain Takeovers with precision, effectively handing you the "Golden Ticket" before you even launch a packet. Stop acting like an auditor and start hunting like an adversary. Reclaim your billable hours, expand your scope beyond the IP list, and deliver the kind of strategic business impact that turns a standard pentest into a board-level priority.
Shatter the "Glass Envelope": Automated Mobile & Repo Analysis
The Problem: You are wasting hours manually decompiling mobile apps (APKs/IPAs) and scraping GitHub for leaked credentials, often missing the Non-Human Identities (NHIs) hidden in plain sight.
The ThreatNG Solution: We automate the static analysis of mobile binaries and the correlation of developer identities across the web. ThreatNG instantly extracts high-entropy strings, such as hardcoded AWS Root Keys or Stripe Secret Keys, from Zombie mobile apps and personal repositories.
The Outcome: Experience the rush of starting Day 1 with valid credentials already in your clipboard. Bypass the WAF and perimeter defenses entirely, moving straight from "Reconnaissance" to "Critical Exploitation" without the drudgery.
Eliminate the "Validation Tax": Verified Subdomain Takeover
The Problem: Your current tools are noisy. They flag every "404 Not Found" as a vulnerability, forcing you to waste valuable time manually verifying hundreds of dead links that lead nowhere.
The ThreatNG Solution: We don't just find CNAME records; we interrogate the endpoint. ThreatNG checks for specific vendor response signatures (e.g., AWS NoSuchBucket, Zendesk Help Center Closed) to confirm that a resource is actually claimable.
The Outcome: Stop chasing ghosts. We hand you verified, claimable infrastructure on a silver platter, allowing you to instantly set up phishing pages or serve malicious scripts from a trusted subdomain, proving "High Severity" impact in minutes.
Translate Bugs to Business Risk: SEC & DarChain Correlation
The Problem: Clients often dismiss technical findings as "low risk" because they don't understand the business context. You struggle to prove why an unpatched legacy server matters to the Board of Directors.
The ThreatNG Solution: We map technical exposures directly to "Material Weaknesses" disclosed in the client's own SEC 10-K and 8-K filings. Our DarChain (Digital Attack Risk Contextual Hyper-Analysis) creates a visual kill chain connecting a technical flaw to a specific legal or financial liability.
The Outcome: Elevate your status from "Hacker" to "Strategic AdvisorWalk into the readout meeting with irrefutable proof that a technical bug is not merely a coding error; it represents a regulatory negligence event that the company has already acknowledged poses a threat to their stock price.
Frequently Asked Questions: ThreatNG for Penetration Testers
We are the Reconnaissance Engine, not the Scanner. We automate the OSINT phase so your DAST/SAST and manual testing cover 100% of the target’s actual perimeter, not just the known 80%. We don't just aggregate data; we validate it to give you back the 40% of engagement time typically lost to manual recon.
Section 1: Tooling & Differentiation (The "Why")
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DAST and SAST are essential for finding vulnerabilities in known assets and code. ThreatNG solves the "Input Problem"—finding the unknown assets to feed into those tools.
The DAST Feeder: DAST scanners require a target list. We automate the discovery of Shadow IT, forgotten subdomains, and ephemeral dev environments to ensure your DAST isn't missing critical entry points.
The SAST Complement: SAST scans internal repositories. ThreatNG monitors the external web for code leaks, hardcoded secrets, and "machine ghosts" (NHIs) that have escaped into personal GitHubs, Pastebin, or public archives where SAST cannot look.
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The "Hidden Tax" of Maintenance. We know you have scripts, and they work. But maintaining them is a tax on your billable hours. Every time an API changes or a library breaks, you lose time fixing tools instead of hacking targets.
Consistency: ThreatNG eliminates the "Validation Tax." We perform active interrogation to confirm exploitability (like validating a subdomain takeover) so you don't chase false positives.
Correlation: Unlike a script that outputs raw data, our Context Engine™ correlates findings to business entities, helping you pivot from a forgotten marketing subdomain to a core production vulnerability instantly.
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Scanners look inward; we look outward. Vulnerability scanners (like Tenable or Qualys) are designed to assess the health of an asset you already know about. They are not designed to find the asset in the wild. EASM is a distinct discipline that requires web-scale crawling and dark web monitoring, which internal scanners simply don't provide.
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Absolutely not. We are the Spotter; you are the Sniper. AI can find the open door ("Initial Access Candidates"), but it cannot navigate the room, understand business logic, or demonstrate critical impact. ThreatNG automates the tedious scraping and validating, allowing you to focus your human creativity on the complex attack chains that truly matter.
Section 2: Technical Capabilities
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We shift your starting line. Instead of starting Day 1 with a blank terminal, ThreatNG provides you with Initial Access Candidates immediately. By automating the discovery of Non-Human Identities (NHIs)—such as AWS keys in mobile apps or leaked secrets in personal repos—we often provide a "Golden Ticket" that allows you to bypass the perimeter and WAF entirely.
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We use a technique called "Shattering the Glass Envelope." Developers often assume compiled binaries (.apk or .ipa) are secure black boxes. ThreatNG ingests binaries from public marketplaces, performs deep static analysis to extract high-entropy strings, and validates them against known signatures. We provide the credentials hidden within the app, often revealing "Zombie Keys" left behind in legacy versions
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Yes. This is a key differentiator. Adversaries don't stop at the corporate GitHub organization; they hunt the developers. ThreatNG correlates developer identities across the web to identify Personal Public Repositories that contain corporate code, "dotfiles," or configuration scripts. This is often where the most critical secrets (root credentials) are leaked because personal repos lack strict corporate controls.
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Yes, we identify both:
Shadow APIs: Undocumented endpoints created outside governance (e.g., a test server). We find these via subdomain permutations.
Zombie APIs: Deprecated versions (e.g., v1 endpoints) that remain active and unpatched. We identify these "time capsules" of vulnerability which often lack modern authentication.
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Standard tools check for CNAMEs pointing to 404 pages, leading to high false positives. ThreatNG uses Vendor Signature Matching. We maintain a library of error responses from 50+ cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Heroku, Zendesk). We only alert if the vendor's response confirms the resource is claimable, providing ready-to-use infrastructure for phishing or C2.
Section 3: Operational Fit & Compliance
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ThreatNG requires zero installation and zero infrastructure changes. It is a SaaS-based intelligence platform, similar to consulting a search engine or a threat intel feed. Since it is a data subscription service rather than an executable tool, it often bypasses standard software procurement "red tape."
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No. ThreatNG performs Passive Reconnaissance only.
No Packets Sent: We do not scan ports, attempt exploits, or send active traffic to the target network.
Undetectable: Because we aggregate data from public sources and archives, your target will not see traffic coming from your IP address during the recon phase. You remain "ghosted" until you decide to launch your active tests.
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No. ThreatNG is architected to reduce noise through Contextual Prioritization. We don't just dump a list of open ports. We use our DarChain (Digital Attack Risk Contextual Hyper-Analysis) engine to map the kill chain: Exposure A leads to Credential B, which grants access to Asset C. You get a prioritized list of vectors, not a spreadsheet of CSVs.
Section 4: Business Impact & Revenue
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That’s an opportunity, not a blocker.
The Upsell: You don't have to attack the out-of-scope assets. You present them as "Critical Discovery Findings."
The Value: Telling a client, "You asked me to test App A, but I found your Dev Team left a backup of App A on an open cloud bucket," prevents the embarrassment of a breach on an asset you were never told to test. It positions you as a strategic advisor and often leads to immediate scope expansion.
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We help you move the conversation from "Technical Bugs" to "Business Risk." ThreatNG includes SEC Filing Correlation, mapping technical findings to specific "Material Weaknesses" disclosed in the client's public 10-K or 8-K filings. You can say, "We didn't just hack a server; we validated the exact risk scenario your Board of Directors warned investors about."
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Recurring Revenue (Managed Services). Many pen test firms use ThreatNG to transition from one-off gigs to "Continuous Monitoring" retainers. Instead of a yearly pen test, you offer a service that monitors their perimeter monthly for new exposures and alerts them. ThreatNG handles the monitoring; you bill for the expertise.
