# Synack

> Synack combines AI\-powered penetration testing with elite human researchers to deliver continuous pentesting at scale on a modern PTaaS platform\.

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## Pages
- [Events](https://www.synack.com/events/)
- [Videos](https://www.synack.com/videos/)
- [AI Pentesting: Build the Tool or Buy the Outcome?](https://www.synack.com/build-vs-buy-ai-pentesting/)
- [Blog](https://www.synack.com/blog/)
- [Resource Hub](https://www.synack.com/resource-hub/)

## Posts
- [Overheard at the CISO Table: 4 Takeaways From Dinner Discussions](https://www.synack.com/blog/overheard-at-the-ciso-table/)
- [The Bug Bounty Model Is Failing\. It's Time to Say It Out Loud\.](https://www.synack.com/blog/the-bug-bounty-model-is-failing-its-time-to-say-it-out-loud/): Open bug bounty programs are buckling under AI\-generated noise, triage overload, and coverage blind spots\. Synack's PTaaS platform and security researchers on the Synack Red Team preserve what works about incentivized research while fixing what doesn't\.
- [Turn Scanner Findings into Validated Risk with Synack and Qualys](https://www.synack.com/blog/qualys-synack-integration-rocon-2026/): A year since launching Synack’s integration with Qualys, the partnership now includes broader platform support, more AI\-led testing, and a shared presence at Qualys ROCon Americas 2026\.
- [Build or Buy AI Pentesting? 5 Tests to Judge Production Readiness](https://www.synack.com/blog/build-or-buy-ai-pentesting-five-tests/): Before you build an AI pentesting agent, run it through 5 tests for production readiness\. Mark Kuhr breaks down what separates a prototype from a system\.
- [What Customers Value in a Penetration Testing Partner: Insights from G2 Reviews](https://www.synack.com/blog/what-customers-value-g2-penetration-testing-partner/): Synack was named a Leader in G2's Fall 2026 Grid® and Enterprise Grid® Reports for Penetration Testing\. The reviews show what customers value in a pentesting partner: visibility into testing, access to experts, findings they can fix and verify, and a partner that acts on feedback\.

## Exploits Explained
- [Subdomain Takeover Exploit: Turning a Dangling CNAME Into Parent\-Domain Cookie Control](https://www.synack.com/exploits-explained/subdomain-takeover-cookie-scope-impact/): A Synack Red Team researcher discovered and exploited a subdomain takeover by leveraging a non\-obvious feature of a third\-party portal, which allowed arbitrary JavaScript source\-code inclusion\.
- [Account Takeovers:  Believe the Unbelievable](https://www.synack.com/exploits-explained/account-takeovers-believe-the-unbelievable/)
- [No Output, No Problem: Proving Blind RCE Over DNS on a Door\-Control System](https://www.synack.com/exploits-explained/blind-rce-dns-exfil-door-control-system/): A Synack researcher proves blind command injection on a Nortek eMerge E3 access\-control system, then exfiltrates data out\-of\-band over DNS\.
- [Using AI to Test CAN/UDS: When MCP Meets Cars](https://www.synack.com/exploits-explained/ai-agent-can-uds-mcp-automotive-pentesting/): An AI coding agent wired into a car's CAN bus and UDS diagnostic protocol via MCP uncovers a SecurityAccess seed\-key bypass on a simulated in\-vehicle network\. Synack Red Team researcher Manh Nguyen Dinh walks through the setup, the finding, and why this kind of testing has to start on a simulator, not a live vehicle\.
- [Stored HTML Injection That Leads to Domain Account Takeover](https://www.synack.com/exploits-explained/stored-html-injection-domain-account-takeover/): Synack Red Team researcher Metin Yunus Kandemir shows how a stored HTML injection flaw in an internal web application can trigger automatic NTLM authentication and, through NTLM relay to ADCS or LDAP, lead to full domain account takeover, including a real engagement where opening a Microsoft Teams meeting invite alone was enough\.

## Knowledge Base
- [Model Context Protocol \(MCP\): A Vulnerable Frontier in AI Security](https://www.synack.com/knowledge-base/model-context-protocol-mcp-a-vulnerable-frontier-in-ai-security/)
- [Cutting Through the Confusion: What is Security Testing?](https://www.synack.com/knowledge-base/cutting-through-the-confusion-what-is-security-testing/)
- [What is the Digital Operational Resilience Act \(DORA\)?](https://www.synack.com/knowledge-base/what-is-the-digital-operational-resilience-act/)
- [What Is Cyber Resilience and Why Does It Matter?](https://www.synack.com/knowledge-base/what-is-cyber-resilience-and-why-does-it-matter/)
- [What Is Social Engineering? Consequences and Best Practices](https://www.synack.com/knowledge-base/what-is-social-engineering-consequences-and-best-practices/)

## VDP
- [Dow](https://www.synack.com/vdp/dow/)
- [FedEx](https://www.synack.com/vdp/fedex/)
- [U\.S\. Department Of Education](https://www.synack.com/vdp/ed/)
- [SMBC Americas Division](https://www.synack.com/vdp/smbc-americas-division/)
- [QXO](https://www.synack.com/vdp/qxo/)

## Podcasts
- [Teri Green\-Mason: "AI is Artificial\. YOU are the Intelligence\!"](https://www.synack.com/podcast/teri-green-mason-ai-is-artificial-you-are-the-intelligence/)
- [Sayaan Alam: From 14\-Year\-Old Bug Hunter to Elite Pentester](https://www.synack.com/podcast/sayaan-alam-from-14-year-old-bug-hunter-to-elite-pentester/)
- [Austin M\. on Becoming a Level 5 Researcher in Just 3 Months](https://www.synack.com/podcast/austin-m-on-becoming-a-level-5-researcher-in-just-3-months/)
- [Malcolm Stagg on NatJack, a New Attack Class](https://www.synack.com/podcast/malcolm-stagg-natjack/)
- [Tim Nordvedt on Going From Bikes to Bytes in Security](https://www.synack.com/podcast/tim-nordvedt-on-going-from-bikes-to-bytes-in-security/)

## Press Releases
- [Synack Named a Leader in G2 Penetration Testing Reports for a Second Consecutive Season](https://www.synack.com/press-releases/synack-named-leader-g2-grid-report-penetration-testing-fall-2026/)
- [Synack Expands Access to AI and Human Penetration Testing Across Cloud and Public Sector Marketplaces](https://www.synack.com/press-releases/synack-ai-pentesting-marketplaces/)
- [Synack Integrates with Wiz to Unify Pentest Findings Alongside Cloud Security Data](https://www.synack.com/press-releases/synack-integrates-with-wiz-pentest-findings/)
- [Synack Assessed “Awardable” for Department of War Work in the CDAO’s Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace](https://www.synack.com/press-releases/synack-assessed-awardable-for-department-of-war-work-in-the-cdaos-tradewinds-solutions-marketplace/)
- [Synack CTO to Present Five Tests for Production\-Ready AI Pentesting at Gartner® Security \& Risk Management Summit](https://www.synack.com/press-releases/synack-cto-gartner-srm-summit-ai-pentesting/)

## Videos
- [Demo Video: Testing against the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark \(Azure Security Benchmark\)](https://www.synack.com/videos/demo-video-testing-against-the-microsoft-cloud-security-benchmark-azure-security-benchmark/)
- [Beyond Bug Bounty](https://www.synack.com/videos/beyond-bug-bounty/)
- [LaunchPoint](https://www.synack.com/videos/launch-point/)
- [How Synack Gets the World's Best Ethical Hackers](https://www.synack.com/videos/how-synack-gets-the-worlds-best-ethical-hackers/)
- [Continuous Cloud Security Testing](https://www.synack.com/videos/continuous-cloud-security-testing/)

## Comparisons
- [Synack vs\. Armadin](https://www.synack.com/comparisons/synack-vs-armadin/)
- [Astra Security vs\. Synack](https://www.synack.com/comparisons/astra-security-vs-synack/)
- [Aikido vs\. Synack](https://www.synack.com/comparisons/aikido-vs-synack/)
- [HackerOne vs\. Synack](https://www.synack.com/comparisons/hackerone-vs-synack/)
- [Bugcrowd vs\. Synack](https://www.synack.com/comparisons/synack-vs-bugcrowd/)

## Learning Center
- [What Is Penetration Testing? How It Works and What It Covers](https://www.synack.com/learning-center/what-is-penetration-testing/)
- [What Is Continuous Security Validation? How It Relates to Continuous Pentesting](https://www.synack.com/learning-center/continuous-security-validation/): Security teams have more tools, more alerts and more vulnerability data than ever\. One question stays hard to answer: does your security actually work against real attacks? Continuous security validation answers it by repeatedly proving whether exploitable attack paths exist, and whether the controls meant to stop them hold, as applications, infrastructure and attack surfaces change\. The approaches sold under that name are not equivalent\. Some simulate known attacks against your controls\. Some verify that a real exploit works against your live environment\. That difference decides what the result can be trusted to prove\.
- [What Is the Role of Penetration Testing in Vulnerability Management?](https://www.synack.com/learning-center/role-of-penetration-testing-in-vulnerability-management/): Vulnerability management programs generate more findings than most teams can act on\. Penetration testing addresses a specific part of that problem: it verifies which findings represent real, exploitable risk instead of theoretical exposure\.
This guide explains where penetration testing fits in the vulnerability management lifecycle, how it changes prioritization and remediation, how it differs from automated scanning, and when to integrate it into a program\.

- [How Do You Deploy Strategic Pentesting in a Vulnerability Management Program?](https://www.synack.com/learning-center/strategic-pentesting-vulnerability-management/)
- [How Do Automated and Human\-Led Testing Work Together to Secure Assets?](https://www.synack.com/learning-center/automated-and-human-led-testing/)

## Interactive Demos
- [From Validated Findings to Fixes and Program\-Wide Insight](https://www.synack.com/interactive-demos/reporting-and-analytics/)
- [Continuous Pentesting for Federal Agencies](https://www.synack.com/interactive-demos/federal-continuous-pentesting/)
- [Continuous Pentesting: From Discovery to Proof](https://www.synack.com/interactive-demos/continuous-pentesting-from-discovery-to-proof/)
- [From Verified Findings to Executive‑Ready Reporting](https://www.synack.com/interactive-demos/executive-ready-pentest-reporting/)
- [Sara AI Pentesting in Action](https://www.synack.com/interactive-demos/sara-ai-pentesting/)

## Topics
- [Advanced Security Testing](https://www.synack.com/learning-center/topic/advanced-security-testing/)
- [Buying Guides](https://www.synack.com/learning-center/topic/buying-guides/)
- [Foundations](https://www.synack.com/learning-center/topic/foundations/)
- [Security Validation](https://www.synack.com/learning-center/topic/security-validation/)
- [AI Pentesting](https://www.synack.com/learning-center/topic/ai-pentesting/)

## Demo Types
- [Platform](https://www.synack.com/interactive-demos/type/platform/)
- [Product](https://www.synack.com/interactive-demos/type/product/)
- [Use Case](https://www.synack.com/interactive-demos/type/use-case/)

## Optional
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