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brainiac/studio

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07 · security / penetration testing

Find it before someone else does.

A test that produces a scanner report is not a test. We attempt real attacks against your application and show you what actually worked.

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In short

We attempt to break into your web application or API the way an attacker would, then report what worked, how serious it is, and how to fix it. One to three weeks. We retest the fixes afterwards at no extra cost.

Updated August 2026

A scanner cannot find what is missing.

The most serious findings are usually an absent check, not bad code.

SCAN AGAINST TESTAutomated scanFinds known patterns.Many false positives.Runs in hours.Never finds business logic flaws.Penetration testA person trying real attacks.Every finding reproduced.Chains small issues together.Where the damaging findings come from.
what this actually means

An automated scan is not a penetration test, though plenty are sold as one.

Scanners find known patterns. They do not notice that changing one number in a URL shows you another customer's invoice, or that the password reset can be aimed at someone else's account. Those are the findings that matter, and they need a person.

So a real test is mostly manual, aimed at your business logic as much as your libraries. The valuable findings are usually specific to how your application works rather than to what it was built with.

And the report has to be usable. Fifty findings ranked by a generic severity score is not a plan. What you need is: fix these three this week, these five this quarter, and here is why the rest can wait.

1–3 wksTypical test
VerifiedEvery finding reproduced
RetestIncluded after you fix
what we build

What we test.

01

Authentication and sessions

Login, reset, tokens, timeout. Where the most damaging findings usually sit.

02

Access control

Can one user reach another's data by changing a value. Consistently the most common serious flaw.

03

Business logic

Discounts applied twice, negative quantities, skipping a step. Scanners never find these.

04

Injection and input handling

SQL, command, template. Better than it used to be, still worth verifying.

05

APIs specifically

Often less protected than the web interface, and increasingly the way in.

06

File upload and storage

What can be uploaded, where it lands, and who can read it afterwards.

07

Configuration

Exposed admin panels, default credentials, verbose errors, storage left public.

08

A retest after you fix

Included. A report you cannot verify against is only half the work.

Scan, test, or audit.

All three get called penetration testing. They cost and deliver very differently.

Automated scanPenetration testFull audit
Finds known vulnerabilitiesYesYesYes
Finds business logic flawsNoYes — the valuable partYes
Chains small issues togetherNoYesYes
Reviews source codeNoSometimesYes
False positivesManyFew — verified by handFew
Typical durationHours1–3 weeks3–6 weeks
Right forContinuous checkingBefore launch, or annuallyRegulated, or pre-acquisition

How we work.

Always

Written scope and permission before anything starts. No exceptions.

Authorised
Mostly

Business logic flaws are where the damage is, and no scanner finds them.

By hand
Included

Confirming your fixes worked is part of the engagement, not an extra.

Retest
use cases

When to test.

01

Before a launch

Especially anything handling payments or personal data.

02

A customer or regulator asked

Increasingly common in enterprise sales, and non-negotiable in some sectors.

03

After a significant change

New payment flow, new authentication, a major rewrite.

04

Not instead of fixing what you know

If you already have a list of unpatched issues, fix those first. A test will just find them again.

approach

How we work.

01

We agree scope in writing

What is in, what is out, and when. Testing without written authorisation is not something we do.

02

We map the application

Every entry point, every role, every place data moves.

03

We test by hand

Scanners run in the background. The findings that matter come from a person trying things.

04

We verify everything

Each finding reproduced and confirmed. Nobody should spend a week on a false positive.

05

We rank by real risk

What an attacker could actually do here, not a generic score. Three urgent beats fifty listed.

06

We retest after you fix

Included. Confirming the fix is part of the job, not an upsell.

faq

Frequently asked.

5 questions answered. Still have one? Reach out.

A scanner checks for known patterns and produces a long list with many false positives. A penetration test is mostly a person trying to break your specific application — which is how business logic flaws get found, and those are usually the serious ones. If a quote sounds cheap and fast, you are probably buying a scan with a report cover on it.

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