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Attack Surface: articles and guides
4 PlayCISO articles on attack surface, newest first. The most recent is “What Is an Attack Vector? Common Types and Defenses”.
What Is an Attack Vector? Common Types and Defenses
A defensive explainer on attack vectors: what an attack vector is and how it differs from the attack surface, the most common vectors including phishing, stolen credentials, unpatched vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, supply-chain compromise, insiders and physical access, and how layered controls and reducing the attack surface defend against them.
October 23, 2026
Why Citrix NetScaler Keeps Getting Breached
Citrix NetScaler keeps getting mass-exploited — Shitrix, CitrixBleed, CitrixBleed 2 and new zero-days. The durable reason, the CVE timeline, and the fix.
September 26, 2026
How to Audit Chrome Extensions for Security Risk
Browser extensions run with broad access to everything you do online, making them a real and often-ignored attack surface. How to audit Chrome extensions for security risk across your organisation.
September 26, 2026
Ars0n Framework v2 (rs0n): Bug Bounty Recon Tool
Ars0n Framework v2 by rs0n (github.com/R-s0n/ars0n-framework-v2) is an open-source GPL-3.0 Docker recon platform wrapping 50+ tools with ROI target ranking.
September 7, 2026