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Within our team, we prefer to focus on specific tasks depending on the type of host and the associated vulnerabilities. Exploiting a vulnerability on a third-party server with no connection to a client's internal network is not the same as attacking a cloud-hosted server that could potentially lead to a more interesting compromise, right? Another common example is when performing an internal pentest; our client details the most critical ranges to observe and analyze.

Good security practices go hand in hand with automation, integration, and collaboration. As dynamic as the threat landscape is, so must our strategy be. With over 26 thousand vulnerabilities reported last year, it’s now more important than ever to shift security from left to right, and then everywhere.

Faraday was born from the fusion of entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to break staffs. These elements naturally emerged in Federico Kirschbaum and Francisco Amato, two friends, crazy for IT, curious by nature, and the founders of this comprehensive cybersecurity project. What later became a company started as a series of on-demand jobs for individual clients. Gradually, Fede and Fran began to leave their full-time jobs, taking on more penetration testing projects, hiring people, and seeking new clients.

Nowadays, we can distinguish various branches within a security team Red Teams, Blue Teams, Purple Teams & Bug Hunters.
But what does each team do?
This difference in colors, adding a new category related to bug bounty, makes us think about common tasks that all these approaches can have within a company; and the truth is, they have a lot. First, let's talk about the definition of each one.

Pentesters use a comprehensive and complete toolkit to expose different platforms and evaluate the security of an IT infrastructure. They safely try to exploit vulnerabilities and are experts at reporting failures, data leakage, or other vulnerabilities.
In this post, we present these tools and the several ways they can be applied.

But the outcome of all that is so rewarding. It only placed the bar higher for us, which means we have a tough job for next year. We're saying goodbye to 2023 with a major release. We're pleased to welcome Faraday v.5.0.0. It represents a huge leap in performance for all of our users and customers. We're euphoric about it and very thankful for the team that made it happen. We're a top-tier product that keeps getting better. You can leave your feedback at Gartner and read more about other users' opinions.