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Research, threat intelligence, and practical guides on AI agent security, shift-left security QA, and OWASP LLM Top 10 from the pentest.qa team.

MCP Server Security Testing: A Red-Team Guide
Jun 16, 2026 · 10 min read

MCP Server Security Testing: A Red-Team Guide

MCP server security testing explained: a concrete threat model, red-team test cases, and a hardening checklist mapped to …

AI Prompt Injection Testing: A Red-Team Playbook
Jun 16, 2026 · 11 min read

AI Prompt Injection Testing: A Red-Team Playbook

AI prompt security testing made concrete: test direct, indirect/RAG, and tool/MCP injection with real attack strings and …

Agentic AI Red Teaming: The 2026 Engagement Guide
Jun 16, 2026 · 12 min read

Agentic AI Red Teaming: The 2026 Engagement Guide

Agentic AI red teaming explained: what an engagement tests, how it runs week by week, when you need one, and how to …

Agentic AI Red Team Playbook: Testing Autonomous Systems for Safety and Security
Mar 15, 2026 · 11 min read

Agentic AI Red Team Playbook: Testing Autonomous Systems for Safety and Security

A practical red team playbook for testing agentic AI systems - covering tool abuse, goal hijacking, multi-agent …

API Security Testing Checklist for QA Teams: Beyond Functional Testing
Mar 10, 2026 · 10 min read

API Security Testing Checklist for QA Teams: Beyond Functional Testing

A practical API security testing checklist for QA teams covering authentication, authorization, injection, and rate …

Security QA Integration: Embedding Penetration Testing Into Your Sprint Cycle
Mar 5, 2026 · 9 min read

Security QA Integration: Embedding Penetration Testing Into Your Sprint Cycle

How to embed penetration testing into your sprint cycle with shift-left security QA integration - practical frameworks …

Why AI Agents Fail Security QA: Prompt Injection, Tool Poisoning, and the APEX Approach
Mar 3, 2026 · 12 min read

Why AI Agents Fail Security QA: Prompt Injection, Tool Poisoning, and the APEX Approach

Why AI agents fail security QA and how the APEX methodology systematically tests for prompt injection, tool poisoning, …

Shift-Left AI Security: Integrating Penetration Testing Into Your QA Pipeline
Feb 24, 2026 · 10 min read

Shift-Left AI Security: Integrating Penetration Testing Into Your QA Pipeline

Shift-left AI security by embedding penetration testing into CI/CD. Step-by-step guide for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, …

OWASP LLM Top 10: What Every QA Team Needs to Test in 2025
Feb 10, 2026 · 10 min read

OWASP LLM Top 10: What Every QA Team Needs to Test in 2025

OWASP LLM Top 10 guide for QA teams - learn what each vulnerability looks like, why functional tests miss them, and how …