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🎩 Penetration Testing Methodologies:

📦 Black Box $$$

⚪ Gray Box $$

⚪ White Box $$$$

⚒️ Types of Penetration Testing:

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Legend: $ - lowcost/complexity $$ - mediumcost/complexity $$$- highcost/complexity $$$$ - veryhigh(resource − intensive or complex infrastructure) $$$$$$ - complex, long-term, and team-based operations (Red Team, Purple Team)

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🌐 External Penetration Testing

🕵️ OSINT $

💌 Social Engineering $$

🌐 Web Application Penetration Testing $$

📲 Mobile Application Penetration Testing $$$

☁️ Cloud Penetration Testing $$$$

🏢 Internal Penetration Testing