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Legal and Compliance in the Cyber Age: How Law Firms and Regulatory Bodies Are Becoming Prime Cybercrime Targets
The legal and compliance industry holds some of the most sensitive and valuable information in the business world, making it an irresistible target for cybercriminals and nation-state actors. From merger and acquisition details to regulatory investigations and client privileged communications, law firms and compliance organizations possess data that can be worth millions on the dark web or provide significant competitive advantages to malicious actors.
Capture The Bug is Now CREST Accredited Penetration Testing Provider
In the world of cybersecurity, trust isn't given; it's earned. It's proven through rigorous processes, demonstrable expertise, and an unwavering commitment to quality. Today, we are thrilled to announce that Capture The Bug has earned that trust in a significant new way: we are now officially a CREST-accredited provider for penetration testing services.
How Ethical Hacking Bridges the Gap Between Attackers and Defenders in Modern Cybersecurity
In the chess match between cybercriminals and security professionals, there's a unique group of players who understand both sides of the board. Ethical hacking represents the art of thinking like an attacker while working to strengthen defenses, creating an essential bridge between offensive and defensive cybersecurity strategies.
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Why Your Annual Pentest Report Is Already Useless 30 Days After You Get It, and What NZ and AU CTOs Are Doing Instead
A pentest report feels like proof of safety the day it lands. Thirty days later, it is often describing a product that no longer exists, and a growing number of CTOs have quietly stopped relying on it alone.
We Ran Continuous Pentesting on 100 NZ and AU SaaS Apps for 6 Months. Here Are the 5 Attack Patterns Nobody Is Talking About.
Six months of continuous testing across 100 SaaS products in New Zealand and Australia turned up five patterns that rarely make it into a typical security blog post, but kept showing up anyway.
Bug Bounty vs Pentest vs PTaaS, A NZ SaaS Founder's Honest Guide to Choosing the Right One (and Avoiding the $50K Mistake)
Three options exist for testing a SaaS product's security, and most founders pick the wrong one first. Here is the honest breakdown, and the $50,000 mistake that comes from getting it backwards.
The 7 Vulnerabilities Your AI-Generated Code Is Shipping to Production Right Now, and How to Catch Them Before Attackers Do
AI coding assistants write working code fast. They do not write secure code by default, and these are the seven gaps most teams ship without ever noticing.
I Asked 30 NZ CTOs Why They Fired Their Last Pentest Provider. The Answers Will Change How You Choose One.
Thirty New Zealand CTOs were asked one blunt question about their last pentest vendor. The same five complaints came up again and again, and almost none of them were about security skill.
We Tested 50 AI Features Built by NZ and AU SaaS Startups. 9 Out of 10 Leaked Customer Data Through Prompt Injection.
Capture The Bug tested 50 AI features shipped by New Zealand and Australian SaaS products. 9 out of 10 could be tricked into handing over data they were never supposed to share.
Your SOC 2 Auditor Wants a Pentest, Here's How to Get One in 7 Days, Not 3 Months, for NZ and AU SaaS
An auditor's email asking for pentest evidence usually starts a three-month scramble. It does not have to. Here is what actually needs to happen, and how fast it can move.
The $200K Bug a NZ Startup Ignored, and the 2-Hour Pentest That Would Have Caught It
A buried code review comment cost one New Zealand startup over $200,000. The fix would have taken two hours and a fraction of the budget, if anyone had run it in time.
I gave 10 NZ SaaS apps to our hackers. 7 were breached in under 60 minutes. Here's what they found.
Capture The Bug ran a one-hour test against 10 New Zealand SaaS products. Seven fell before the hour was up, and the reasons why are worth reading before your next release.
We analysed 2,500 real bugs from NZ and AU SaaS companies. The #1 vulnerability isn't what your CTO thinks it is
After reviewing 2,500 confirmed vulnerabilities across New Zealand and Australian SaaS products, the most common flaw wasn't a dramatic exploit. It was something quieter, and far more dangerous.
LLM Penetration Testing: How to Test Your AI Product Before Attackers Do (2026)
Most companies ship large language model products without ever testing them the way a real attacker would. That gap is getting expensive.
Penetration Testing for SaaS Startups: What to Test, When, and How Much It Costs
Most SaaS startups get to a point where a prospect, investor, or enterprise customer asks the same question: "Can you show us your last security test?" That moment tends to arrive without warning.