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Pepijn van der Stap
Pepijn van der Stap09 jul 20269 min read

Hacker insights into business logic vulnerabilities

Pepijn van der Stap started hacking at 14 and never stopped thinking like both an engineer and an attacker. An interview about business logic vulnerabilities, why scanners miss them, and what realistic red teaming looks like.

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Neo Security Labs
Neo Security Labs28 mei 20264 min read

DatHuis: a pentest that mostly proved what was already solid

Gray-box penetration test of a modern SaaS platform on AWS. We went in with an attacker's mindset and came out pleasantly surprised: the fundamentals were done right.

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Neo Security Labs
Neo Security Labs17 apr 20268 min read

BlueHammer & RedSun: Windows Defender CVE-2026-33825 explained

A straight-faced breakdown of the Windows Defender zero-day (CVE-2026-33825) plus a concrete action plan for Dutch SOC and endpoint teams: patch status, detection content, compensating controls.

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David Warenholt
David Warenholt04 dec 202510 min read

5-Dimensional AI prompting & shawarma: David's infosec internship

Swedish student David shares his journey from Gothenburg University to Neo Security in Amsterdam. From marketing transformation to dark web demos, discover how an internship abroad shaped his career.

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Wouter Luberti
Wouter Luberti27 nov 20256 min read

Wouter's journey in security

Wouter is not your typical IT consultant. From Commodore 64 to DJ booth, and from XS4ALL to Korper - his story is one of passion, freedom and technology.

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Erik Homma
Erik Homma18 nov 20259 min read

Why Erik Homma breaks ancient appliances just for science

From building a ZX-81 at eight years old to dissecting PLCs and tearing apart decades-old protocols and integrations until they behave. How a self-taught hardware hacker became a Senior Security Consultant at Neo Security.

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Neo Security Labs
Neo Security Labs29 okt 20257 min read

EY data leak: 4TB backup exposed

How Neo Security discovered a 4TB SQL Server backup from Ernst & Young publicly exposed on Azure. A deep dive into cloud misconfigurations, attack surface management, and why responsible disclosure matters.

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Cloud & data exposure

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Hardware hacking, reverse engineering, legacy systems and the deep engineering mindset behind how we design and secure real-world infrastructure.

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