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Penetration Testing

Security

Exploit Security Audit CSRF (Cross‑Site Request Forgery) XSS (Cross‑Site Scripting)

Ethical hacking to find weaknesses.

Definition

Penetration testing is when security professionals try to break into a system (with permission) to find and fix problems.

In plain English Ethical hacking to find weaknesses.

Why this matters

Why it matters: It can prevent real attackers from exploiting bugs that expose private data.

Example

Example: A tester checks if a website is vulnerable to XSS or CSRF.