BLOCKSECBRAIN // Independent Cybersecurity Services

We break things professionally
before attackers break your business.

Firmware Security. Hardware Security. Penetration Testing. Threat Intelligence. AI-Powered Security Research. We don't sell hardware, promote products, or chase sales targets — we deliver unbiased, expert-driven security assessments your organisation truly needs. We help with RED & CRA product readiness for IoT and OT devices, plus AI Security Assessment for LLMs, GenAI, and agentic systems.

Unbiased Services

No product pushing. No hardware sales agenda.

RED & CRA Ready

IoT/OT product compliance: RED, CRA, IEC 62443, ISO 21434.

AI-Ready Defense

LLM red teaming, agentic testing, prompt injection.

blocksecbrain — assessment engineACTIVE
$ blocksecbrain scan --target=acme.io --depth=full
[09:42:01] Initializing assessment engine…
[09:42:02] Recon: DNS, WHOIS, cert transparency, subdomains
[09:42:04] Firmware extraction: 3 binaries analyzed
[09:42:07] Cloud IAM attack-path mapping…
[09:42:09] LLM red-team: prompt injection battery (48 vectors)
[09:42:12] Findings validated:
[!!] CRITICAL Boot chain signature bypass
[!!] HIGH IAM privilege escalation path
[!] MEDIUM Prompt injection via RAG
[*] LOW Verbose error in /api/v2
[✓] 7 findings validated completed in 11.4s
Independent Security ValidationFirmwareIoT / OTCloudAI Security

Assessment Pipeline · Scope → Test → Validate → Report

Attack Surfaces

Independent Security Validation

Four attack surfaces. One senior-led team. Every finding manually reproduced and evidenced.

Firmware

Boot chain, update paths, binaries

IoT / OT

Protocols, field devices, industrial edge

Cloud

Identity, workloads, exposed services

AI Security

LLM red teaming and agent guardrails

100+

Enterprise Assessments

Web, Cloud, Mobile & AI Security

0%

Vendor Bias / Sales Agenda

100% Independent Validation

< 24h

Critical Vulnerability SLA

Immediate Triage & Escalation

100%

Manual Proof-of-Concept

Zero Noise or Scanner Swallowing

Industry Expertise

Built for Regulated and Safety-Critical Industries

We work where a security failure carries operational, contractual, and certification consequences — not just reputational ones.

Automotive OEMs & Tier-1

ECUs, telematics, and connected vehicle platforms

Industrial Automation

PLCs, SCADA, and plant-floor networks

IoT Manufacturers

RED & CRA product readiness, connected devices, gateways

Medical Devices

Connected diagnostics, monitoring, and hospital systems

Cloud & SaaS

Multi-tenant platforms and customer-facing services

Enterprise Security Teams

Internal validation, assurance, and audit support

Our Services

Real-World Security Testing With a Futuristic Enterprise Edge

Our specialists run real-world simulations to uncover risk, validate exploitability, and help your organisation remediate with confidence across enterprise, embedded, cloud, and AI attack surfaces.

New 2026 Service

AI Security Assessment & LLM Red Teaming

We red team LLMs, GenAI apps, agentic workflows, and shadow AI deployments using adversarial testing methods that expose control failures before attackers can turn them into business risk.

Prompt injection & jailbreak testing
Agentic workflow abuse-path mapping
Tool-use & function-calling guardrail review
Training-data & RAG poisoning analysis
Shadow AI & unsanctioned model discovery
Model supply-chain & weight integrity review
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S / 01LLM RED TEAMING · AGENTIC SYSTEMS

AI Security Assessment

Adversarial security testing for LLMs, GenAI applications, agentic systems, and shadow AI. Aligned to OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, NIST AI RMF, and MITRE ATLAS.

  • OWASP LLM Top 10 + MITRE ATLAS mapping
  • Guardrail hardening recommendations
  • Shadow AI inventory & governance plan
S / 02OWASP TOP 10 · BUSINESS LOGIC

Web Application Security

Enterprise web application penetration testing covering OWASP Top 10, API security, business logic abuse, and authentication flaws with manual exploitation and proof-of-concept evidence.

  • Proof-driven findings with PoC evidence
  • Risk-rated remediation roadmap
  • False-positive reduced reporting
S / 03ANDROID · iOS · MASVS

Mobile Application Security

Android and iOS application penetration testing covering OWASP MASVS, insecure storage, runtime tampering, API trust boundaries, and platform hardening.

  • OWASP MASVS-aligned findings
  • Store-readiness hardening plan
  • Reproducible PoCs per finding
S / 04AWS · AZURE · GCP · K8S

Cloud Security

Cloud security assessment across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes covering IAM privilege paths, workload hardening, network exposure, and CIS benchmark alignment.

  • Identity attack-path maps
  • CSPM-aligned hardening plan
  • Audit-ready control evidence
S / 05SEGMENTATION · AD · DETECTION

Firewall & Infrastructure Security

Network perimeter and infrastructure penetration testing covering firewall rule review, segmentation validation, Active Directory attack paths, and detection coverage.

  • Segmentation & firewall hardening plan
  • AD attack-path & privilege gap analysis
  • Detection coverage recommendations
S / 06FIRMWARE · IEC 62443 · RED & CRA

IoT / OT Security

IoT and OT penetration testing covering firmware analysis, hardware interfaces, industrial protocols, and IEC 62443 alignment with operations-safe methodology. RED & CRA product readiness.

  • IEC 62443 / ISO 21434 evidence
  • RED & CRA product readiness validation
  • Operations-safe, non-disruptive testing

Assessment Pipeline

From recon to executive report

A repeatable pipeline that combines manual expertise, AI-assisted discovery, and threat intelligence correlation — so every finding is reproducible and business-relevant.

01

Scoping & Recon

Define targets, depth, timing, safety constraints, and escalation paths before testing begins.

02

AI-Assisted Discovery

Accelerate recon, highlight likely abuse paths, and correlate signals across binaries, apps, telemetry, and docs.

03

Firmware & Hardware Analysis

Review extracted filesystems, boot logic, hardcoded material, binary protections, and hardware interfaces.

04

Threat Intelligence Correlation

Map issues to exploitability, known attacker patterns, supply-chain exposure, and business-specific blast radius.

05

Executive Security Reporting

Risk-rated remediation guidance, proof-of-concept evidence, and sections tailored for both technical and leadership teams.

AI-assisted vulnerability discovery

Active mapping and validation

Firmware analysis workflow

Deep binary introspection

Threat intelligence automation

Continuous context gathering

Security assessment pipeline

Enterprise-ready delivery

Attack surface visualisation

Executive-level clarity

Regulatory evidence mapping

CRA, RED, IEC 62443, ISO 21434

Engagement Workflow

How We Work With You

A predictable delivery model with defined checkpoints, so your teams know exactly what happens and when.

1

Scoping & Rules of Engagement

Targets, depth, timing windows, safety constraints, and escalation contacts agreed before testing begins.

2

Threat Modelling

Trust boundaries, attacker goals, and abuse cases mapped so effort follows real business risk.

3

Execution & Validation

Manual, tool-assisted, and AI-accelerated testing with every finding reproduced and evidenced.

4

Reporting & Risk Rating

Technical detail for engineers and a prioritised risk narrative for leadership, in one report set.

5

Remediation Support

Direct access to the testing engineers while your teams design and implement fixes.

6

Verification Retest

Once your team patches the findings, we re-test every fix to confirm the vulnerability is genuinely closed.

Testing Packages

BlockSecBrain Security Testing Models

Flexible engagement models for organisations that need focused testing, hybrid validation, or deeper adversarial assessment across complex environments.

ENTERPRISE GRADE

Standard Security Testing

Full-cycle security testing with transparent pricing after a scope walkthrough. Suitable for well-defined applications and enterprise-grade systems.

  • Full test planning, execution, and reporting
  • Covers OWASP Top 10 and SANS 25
  • Custom business-logic flaw testing
  • Transparent pricing after scope walkthrough
  • Ideal for enterprise-grade systems
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BEST VALUE

Hybrid Security Testing

Risk-free assessment. Start with free or low-cost scans. Pay only for verified vulnerabilities. No findings means you cover only minimal hourly effort.

  • Start free and pay only for findings
  • Web, mobile, API, and infrastructure testing
  • Source code and wildcard domain coverage
  • Scalable to any budget or team size
  • Post-remediation retest at minimal cost
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ADVERSARY SIMULATION

Offensive Security Testing

Combines external attacker simulation with insider insights. Flexible post-assessment billing for mature applications needing deeper privilege and business-logic validation.

  • External attacker simulation
  • Internal logic validation
  • Deep privilege escalation testing
  • Flexible post-assessment billing
  • Ideal for mature, complex applications
Discuss Advanced Testing

Hybrid Model · Pay-Per-Finding Estimator

Adjust the expected finding counts to estimate your Hybrid engagement cost. You only pay for verified, manually-confirmed vulnerabilities.

Critical · $1,800/finding1
High · $1,400/finding3
Medium · $800/finding5
Low · $200/finding4

Estimated cost

$10,800 USD · illustrative

Critical × 1$1,800
High × 3$4,200
Medium × 5$4,000
Low × 4$800

Final pricing is confirmed after a scope walkthrough. No findings = you cover only the minimal effort floor.

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Why BlockSecBrain

Unbiased by design — not just a marketing claim

Most “security” providers sell hardware, take vendor commissions, or chase sales quotas. Here's exactly how we differ from typical vendors and resellers.

CapabilityBlockSecBrain
independent
Typical vendor
product-tied
Reseller
commission-led
Sells hardware or software productsNeverOftenAlways
Takes vendor referral fees / commissionsNeverSometimesAlways
Recommendations tied to a sales quotaNeverOftenAlways
Every engagement led by senior researchersAlwaysSometimesRarely
Manual proof-of-concept for every finding100%MixedRarely
Firmware / hardware / IoT-OT depthFullLimitedNone
AI / LLM red-teaming capabilityFullEmergingNone
Critical-vulnerability SLA< 24h3–7 daysVaries
Post-remediation retestMinimal chargePaid add-onNone
Multi-framework compliance mapping (one engagement)YesSometimesNo
Pay-per-finding (Hybrid) modelYesNoNo
Transparent pricing after scope walkthroughYesSometimesRarely

Comparisons are illustrative of common industry patterns, not specific named vendors.

Questions

Frequently asked

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Response Time
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Live OSINT Console

Attack-surface discovery, with real data

Enter a domain, IP, ASN, or email. The console detects the type and fires every passive intelligence module at once — DNS records, WHOIS, Shodan ports, certificate transparency, subdomains, email security, and tech stack fingerprinting.

Open OSINT Console

Self-Assessment

Security Maturity Self-Assessment

Answer 6 questions across 6 security domains to get an instant maturity score, per-domain breakdown, and tailored service recommendations.

Question 1 of 60/6 answered
🔧FIRMWARE

How do you handle firmware signing & secure boot?

Reference

Security Glossary

A quick reference for the security terms, frameworks, and attack patterns we use across our engagements. Search or filter by domain.

29 terms

Agentic Workflow

AI

An LLM-powered system that takes actions via tool-use (function calling) — a new class of attack surface for prompt injection.

BOLA

Web/API

Broken Object Level Authorization — an API flaw where an attacker can access objects they shouldn't by manipulating IDs. Also called IDOR.

Canary Token

General

A covert marker embedded in data or systems that alerts when triggered, detecting exfiltration or intrusion.

CISA KEV

General

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — flaws actively exploited in the wild.

CRA

Compliance

Cyber Resilience Act — EU regulation mandating security-by-design, vulnerability reporting, and lifecycle obligations for products with digital elements (IoT/OT).

CVE

General

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures — a standardized identifier for publicly disclosed security flaws.

CVSS

General

Common Vulnerability Scoring System — a standardized 0–10 severity score for security vulnerabilities.

Fault Injection

Firmware

A hardware attack technique (voltage/clock glitching) that induces errors to bypass security checks or extract secrets.

HSM

Firmware

Hardware Security Module — a tamper-resistant physical device for key management and cryptographic operations.

IEC 62443

Compliance

The international standard for industrial automation and control systems (IACS) security.

IEC 81001

Compliance

Health software security standard supporting FDA premarket cybersecurity documentation for medical devices.

ISO 21434

Compliance

The automotive cybersecurity engineering standard covering the full vehicle lifecycle.

JTAG

Firmware

A hardware debug interface (IEEE 1149.1) used for testing and debugging embedded devices — a common physical attack surface.

JWT

Web/API

JSON Web Token — a compact, signed token for stateless authentication. Vulnerable to algorithm-confusion attacks if misconfigured.

Mass Assignment

Web/API

A vulnerability where an API blindly accepts user-supplied object fields, allowing privilege escalation via hidden properties.

MITRE ATT&CK

General

A globally-accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations.

Modbus

IoT/OT

A legacy unauthenticated protocol widely used in industrial control systems for PLC communication.

NIST CSF

Compliance

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (2.0) — Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover functions.

OWASP Top 10

Web/API

The Open Worldwide Application Security Project's list of the ten most critical web application security risks.

Prompt Injection

AI

An attack where malicious input manipulates an LLM into ignoring its instructions or leaking protected data.

RAG Poisoning

AI

Injecting malicious content into a retrieval-augmented generation knowledge base to influence LLM outputs.

RED

Compliance

Radio Equipment Directive — EU regulation requiring security features, SBOM, and vulnerability disclosure for wireless/connected devices.

SBOM

General

Software Bill of Materials — a formal record of components and dependencies in a software product, required by RED/CRA and US Executive Order 14028.

Secure Boot

Firmware

A boot-chain verification mechanism that ensures only cryptographically signed firmware runs on a device.

Shadow AI

AI

Unsanctioned, unmonitored AI tools/endpoints used inside an organisation — a growing data-exfiltration surface.

Side Channel

Firmware

An attack that extracts secrets from a device's physical characteristics (power, timing, EM emissions) rather than algorithmic flaws.

SSRF

Cloud

Server-Side Request Forgery — tricking a server into making requests to unintended destinations, e.g. cloud metadata endpoints.

TARA

Compliance

Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment — the ISO 21434 methodology for evaluating automotive cybersecurity risk.

Zone & Conduit

IoT/OT

The IEC 62443 network-segmentation model: zones group assets by security level; conduits control traffic between them.

Tooling & Methodology

Our security toolchain

We combine industry-standard tooling with custom AI-assisted pipelines. Vendor-neutral by design — we pick the right tool for each attack surface, not the one with the best reseller margin.

Web & API

3 tools
  • Burp Suite Pro

    Web/API interception, fuzzing, active scanning

  • OWASP ZAP

    Automated web app vulnerability scanning

  • Nuclei

    Template-based vulnerability detection

Firmware & Hardware

4 tools
  • Ghidra

    Reverse engineering & binary analysis

  • IDA Pro

    Disassembly & decompilation

  • Binwalk

    Firmware extraction & analysis

  • JTAGulator

    Hardware debug interface discovery

Mobile

2 tools
  • Frida

    Dynamic instrumentation of mobile apps

  • MobSF

    Mobile security framework scanning

IoT / OT

3 tools
  • ModbusPal

    Modbus protocol simulation & testing

  • Wireshark

    Protocol analysis across OT/IoT traffic

  • Pacemaker

    ICS protocol fuzzing

Cloud

3 tools
  • ScoutSuite

    Multi-cloud posture auditing

  • Pacu

    AWS exploitation framework

  • CloudFox

    Cloud attack-path discovery

AI / LLM

3 tools
  • Garak

    LLM vulnerability probing

  • Promptfoo

    LLM red-team & eval automation

  • PyRIT

    Python Risk Identification Toolkit for generative AI

General

4 tools
  • Metasploit Pro

    Exploitation & validation framework

  • BloodHound

    Identity attack-path mapping

  • Nmap

    Network discovery & security auditing

  • Custom tooling

    In-house scripts & AI-assisted discovery pipelines

Tool-agnostic methodology

Our assessments never rely on a single scanner's output. Every finding is manually validated, reproduced, and evidenced — tools accelerate, but senior researchers decide. We also build custom tooling and AI-assisted discovery pipelines where off-the-shelf tools fall short.