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OnyxStrike: Offensive Security & Penetration Testing

OnyxStrike Ransomware Ready Penetration Test

CyberOnyx Security will perform a comprehensive ransomware-focused penetration test under the OnyxStrike service line to evaluate the Client's ability to resist, detect, contain, and recover from modern cyberattacks. Unlike traditional penetration testing engagements that focus solely on vulnerability discovery, OnyxStrike is designed to emulate real-world ransomware operator behavior and identify the operational, technical, and organizational weaknesses that could allow an attacker to compromise systems, move laterally, access sensitive data, escalate privileges, and disrupt business operations.

The OnyxStrike Ransomware Ready Penetration Test combines external attack surface analysis, internal penetration testing, identity-focused attack simulation, privilege escalation analysis, and ransomware-readiness validation into a unified offensive security engagement. The assessment focuses not only on whether vulnerabilities exist, but also on how those vulnerabilities could realistically be weaponized by a modern threat actor to achieve operational disruption or data compromise.

CyberOnyx will simulate attacker methodologies commonly used by ransomware groups, including exploitation of exposed services, credential abuse, privilege escalation, Active Directory attack paths, lateral movement opportunities, persistence mechanisms, and access to sensitive or business-critical systems. The assessment provides leadership with measurable visibility into organizational exposure, attack paths, operational resilience, and overall ransomware readiness.

The engagement also evaluates the effectiveness of existing security controls, monitoring visibility, endpoint protection, segmentation, backup protections, identity controls, and operational response capabilities. Findings are translated into business-focused risk insights and prioritized remediation guidance designed to strengthen the organization's overall security posture.

Value to the Business

OnyxStrike provides organizations with realistic visibility into how a modern ransomware operator could compromise the environment, escalate privileges, access sensitive data, and disrupt business operations. Rather than focusing exclusively on theoretical vulnerabilities, the engagement validates real-world operational exposure and attack feasibility.

The assessment helps organizations identify the weaknesses most likely to lead to ransomware deployment, identity compromise, operational disruption, or sensitive data exposure. This enables leadership to prioritize remediation efforts based on actual business risk rather than isolated technical findings.

By simulating attacker methodologies and validating security control effectiveness, CyberOnyx helps organizations understand whether existing protections, including EDR, MFA, segmentation, backups, and monitoring, would realistically prevent or contain an attack.

The engagement also provides executive-level insight into operational resilience, including how quickly attackers could move throughout the environment, what systems or data may be exposed, and how security weaknesses could impact financial operations, customer trust, regulatory obligations, or business continuity.

OnyxStrike transforms penetration testing from a compliance exercise into a ransomware readiness validation program focused on survivability, operational resilience, and measurable risk reduction.

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Key Services:

External Attack Surface Assessment

Comprehensive external reconnaissance and penetration testing against public-facing infrastructure to identify exploitable weaknesses and exposed attack surfaces accessible from the internet. Activities may include: external reconnaissance and enumeration; internet-facing service identification; VPN and remote access testing; firewall exposure analysis; SSL/TLS configuration testing; web application attack surface review; credential exposure analysis; email and authentication exposure review; external vulnerability validation; public infrastructure fingerprinting. The objective is to simulate methods commonly used by ransomware operators during initial access attempts.

Internal Penetration Testing

Emulates post-compromise attacker behavior after initial access has been achieved or assumed. Activities may include: internal network enumeration; privilege escalation testing; lateral movement analysis; insecure trust relationship identification; administrative access abuse testing; credential harvesting simulation; network segmentation validation; internal service exploitation; endpoint attack path analysis; internal reconnaissance and persistence validation. This determines how quickly and effectively an attacker could spread following compromise.

Active Directory and Identity Attack Simulation

evaluates the security posture of Active Directory and identity infrastructure. Activities may include: privileged account analysis; Kerberoasting exposure testing; pass-the-hash and pass-the-ticket analysis; delegation abuse identification; administrative privilege review; stale or orphaned account analysis; identity trust relationship testing; authentication policy review; excessive permissions analysis; identity attack path mapping. The objective is to identify identity weaknesses that could enable attacker escalation or full domain compromise.

Ransomware Readiness Validation

Assesses the organization's ability to withstand ransomware-style operational disruption. Activities may include: endpoint protection effectiveness review; segmentation effectiveness testing; backup exposure analysis; immutable backup validation; security control bypass testing; persistence mechanism validation; detection and alerting evaluation; containment capability analysis; privileged access pathway analysis; operational disruption simulation. This determines whether current controls would realistically slow, contain, or prevent ransomware deployment.

Sensitive Data and Exposure Analysis

Identifies and analyzes access pathways to sensitive data, critical systems, and operationally important assets. Analysis may include: sensitive data exposure mapping; PII access pathway analysis; administrative data exposure review; shared storage exposure analysis; Microsoft 365 exposure review; excessive access analysis; data concentration risk identification; business-critical system exposure analysis.

Security Control Effectiveness Review

Evaluates existing defensive technologies and operational controls. Review areas may include: EDR visibility and effectiveness; MFA enforcement; logging and monitoring maturity; SIEM visibility; firewall segmentation; conditional access policies; administrative access controls; backup immutability; endpoint hardening effectiveness; alerting and escalation visibility.

Executive Risk and Financial Impact Analysis

Translates technical findings into operational and financial business risk. Analysis may include: operational disruption potential; sensitive data exposure risk; business continuity impact; financial exposure analysis; identity compromise impact; regulatory or contractual risk considerations; recovery complexity observations; ransomware blast radius analysis.

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What is Covered

External penetration testing; internal penetration testing; Active Directory attack simulation; identity exposure analysis; ransomware readiness validation; sensitive data exposure analysis; security control effectiveness review; operational risk analysis; financial impact analysis; executive reporting; technical findings reporting; remediation prioritization guidance; strategic risk recommendations.

Deliverables

  • Executive Summary Report
  • Technical Penetration Test Report
  • Attack Path Analysis
  • Remediation Recommendations
  • Executive Presentation and Findings Review
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OnyxStrike External Network Penetration Test

CyberOnyx Security will perform an external network penetration test under the OnyxStrike service line to evaluate the Client's internet-facing attack surface and identify vulnerabilities that could allow unauthorized external access to systems, services, or sensitive data.

This assessment simulates the actions of an external attacker attempting to gain initial access into the environment through publicly accessible infrastructure, exposed services, remote access portals, or insecure configurations. The engagement focuses on identifying exploitable weaknesses, validating external exposure risks, and providing actionable remediation guidance to reduce the likelihood of compromise.

The assessment includes external reconnaissance, vulnerability validation, exposed service analysis, firewall exposure review, and controlled exploitation attempts where appropriate.

Value to the Business

This engagement provides visibility into how attackers view and target the organization from the internet, helping identify exploitable weaknesses before they can be leveraged in a real-world attack. It validates whether publicly accessible systems, remote access solutions, or exposed services could provide unauthorized access into the environment, allowing the organization to proactively reduce external attack surface exposure and strengthen perimeter defenses. By identifying high-risk vulnerabilities and insecure configurations, it helps improve operational resilience, reduce breach likelihood, and support cyber insurance and security governance requirements.

Key Services:

External Reconnaissance and Attack Surface Mapping

External enumeration to identify publicly accessible infrastructure, exposed services, remote access technologies, and externally reachable systems. Activities may include: DNS and subdomain enumeration; external service discovery; public infrastructure fingerprinting; SSL/TLS analysis; firewall exposure review; open port identification; internet-facing technology identification.

External Vulnerability Validation

Validates externally exposed vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Testing may include: authentication weakness testing; VPN and remote access testing; public service vulnerability validation; web application exposure testing; configuration weakness identification; default or insecure service review.

Controlled Exploitation Testing

Where appropriate and authorized, controlled exploitation attempts to validate real-world risk. Activities may include: credential attack simulation; limited exploitation attempts; external access validation; security control bypass testing; exposure verification.

Firewall and Perimeter Security Review

Evaluates perimeter protections and externally accessible network configurations. Review areas may include: firewall exposure analysis; public NAT review; remote access exposure; segmentation observations; insecure externally accessible services.

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What is Covered

External reconnaissance; external attack surface mapping; public infrastructure review; vulnerability validation; limited controlled exploitation; firewall exposure review; executive findings summary; technical findings report; remediation recommendations.

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OnyxStrike Internal Network Penetration Test

CyberOnyx Security will perform an internal network penetration test under the OnyxStrike service line to evaluate the Client's internal network security posture and identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, or insecure services that could allow unauthorized access, lateral movement, or operational disruption from within the environment.

This assessment simulates a threat actor or unauthorized user operating inside the network perimeter, focusing on weaknesses across internal systems, network segmentation, exposed services, insecure protocols, and endpoint configurations.

Unlike ransomware-ready or Active Directory-focused assessments, this engagement is limited to standard internal network penetration testing and does not include advanced identity attack simulation or Active Directory exploitation activities.

Value to the Business

This engagement helps organizations understand how an attacker could move within the environment after gaining initial access, identifying insecure internal configurations, weak segmentation, exposed systems, and operational weaknesses that increase business risk. It provides visibility into whether internal systems are appropriately hardened and whether network architecture limits unauthorized movement between systems and operational areas, helping reduce operational exposure, strengthen internal defenses, and improve overall network security maturity.

Key Services:

Internal Network Enumeration

Internal reconnaissance to identify systems, exposed services, network pathways, and potentially vulnerable internal infrastructure. Activities may include: internal host discovery; network service enumeration; protocol analysis; open port discovery; internal asset fingerprinting; shared resource review.

Internal Vulnerability Validation

Validates vulnerabilities and insecure configurations within the internal network. Testing may include: internal service vulnerability testing; weak configuration identification; insecure protocol analysis; unsupported software identification; internal exposure validation; endpoint configuration review.

Segmentation and Access Path Testing

Evaluates whether segmentation and access controls appropriately restrict unauthorized movement. Activities may include: VLAN segmentation testing; access path analysis; internal communication validation; lateral movement observations; shared access review.

Controlled Internal Exploitation

Where appropriate and authorized, limited exploitation attempts to validate internal exposure risk. Activities may include: internal access validation; service exploitation testing; misconfiguration exploitation; security control testing.

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What is Covered

Internal reconnaissance; internal service enumeration; vulnerability validation; segmentation testing; controlled exploitation testing; endpoint exposure review; technical findings reporting; executive findings summary; remediation recommendations.

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OnyxStrike Web Application Penetration Test

CyberOnyx Security will perform a web application penetration test under the OnyxStrike service line to identify vulnerabilities, insecure configurations, authentication weaknesses, and application security risks affecting the Client's web applications or internet-facing portals.

This engagement focuses on identifying exploitable weaknesses within the application itself, including authentication mechanisms, session management, input validation, access control, and insecure application logic. Testing is designed to identify vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthorized access, sensitive data exposure, application compromise, or business disruption.

Value to the Business

This engagement helps organizations identify vulnerabilities that could expose customer data, business systems, or operational platforms to unauthorized access or compromise. It validates whether web applications follow secure development and deployment practices while identifying weaknesses that may not be detected through automated scanning alone, helping reduce application-layer risk, improve customer trust, and strengthen internet-facing security posture.

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Web Application Reconnaissance

Identifies application structure, exposed functionality, authentication workflows, and externally accessible components. Activities may include: application mapping; endpoint discovery; authentication flow analysis; session review; technology fingerprinting.

Web Application Vulnerability Testing

Validates common web application vulnerabilities and insecure configurations. Testing may include: authentication weakness testing; access control validation; session management testing; injection testing; input validation analysis; sensitive data exposure review; security header analysis.

Basic Business Logic Testing

Evaluates whether application workflows contain insecure or unintended functionality. Activities may include: role validation; permission testing; workflow manipulation testing; access restriction validation.

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What is Covered

Web application reconnaissance; authentication testing; vulnerability validation; access control testing; basic business logic testing; technical findings reporting; executive findings summary; remediation recommendations.

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OnyxStrike Vulnerability Assessment

CyberOnyx Security will perform a vulnerability assessment under the OnyxStrike service line to identify known vulnerabilities, insecure configurations, outdated software, and operational exposure across the Client's internal and external infrastructure.

This assessment uses automated and manual validation techniques to identify security weaknesses affecting endpoints, servers, network infrastructure, and internet-facing systems, providing visibility into current exposure areas and prioritized remediation guidance.

Unlike penetration testing engagements, this assessment focuses on vulnerability identification and validation rather than exploitation or adversary simulation.

Value to the Business

This engagement helps organizations proactively identify weaknesses before attackers exploit them, providing visibility into security gaps, outdated software, and insecure configurations that may increase operational or financial risk. It supports risk reduction initiatives, strengthens operational security posture, and helps prioritize remediation activities based on severity and exposure.

Key Services:

Internal Vulnerability Scanning

Scans internal systems and infrastructure to identify known vulnerabilities and insecure configurations. Activities may include: endpoint vulnerability scanning; server vulnerability analysis; patch status review; configuration analysis; unsupported software identification.

External Vulnerability Scanning

Scans internet-facing infrastructure to identify publicly exposed vulnerabilities and insecure services. Activities may include: external attack surface scanning; public service identification; SSL/TLS analysis; exposure validation; known vulnerability detection.

Vulnerability Prioritization

Categorizes findings based on severity, exploitability, and operational risk. Includes: risk prioritization; severity classification; exposure analysis; remediation guidance.

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