Security
SecureNet Financial — Penetration Test
End-to-end penetration test and security audit of SecureNet's customer-facing banking platform and internal APIs.
The Challenge
Problem solved
Annual compliance review surfaced gaps in the platform's vulnerability posture. The board wanted independent assurance before the next funding round.
The Brief
Project goals
OWASP Top 10 coverage, API security review, infrastructure assessment, prioritised remediation roadmap.
What We Built
Features implemented
01
Black-box Testing
Simulated external attacker against production-mirror.
02
Authenticated Testing
Three role-tiers tested for privilege escalation.
03
API Security
Rate-limiting, IDOR, JWT validation, mass-assignment.
04
Infra Review
TLS, headers, exposed services, WAF configuration.
05
Re-test
All critical and high findings verified fixed before sign-off.
The Outcome
Results achieved
14 vulnerabilities uncovered — 3 critical, 6 high, 5 medium. All critical issues remediated within 14 days. Independent security letter delivered to investors. Cyber-insurance premium reduced 22%.
Engineering
Technologies & stack
Burp Suite
OWASP ZAP
sqlmap
Nmap
manual review
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