Adam Govier
Founder & Lead Consultant
Adam is the founder and lead consultant at Exploitr. He holds OSCP and OSCE certifications and has over a decade of experience in penetration testing and security consulting. He leads all client engagements, from scoping through to delivery and debrief.



Penetration Testing
Manual vs automated penetration testing: How to tell what you're paying for

Penetration Testing
What is network penetration testing?

Penetration Testing
Assumed Breach Penetration Testing Explained

Supply Chain Attacks
npm v12: Mitigating Supply Chain Attacks with New Install Controls

Penetration Testing
How to Write a Penetration Test Report

Tools
Intercepting and Manipulating Firestore Streams with a Custom Burp Extension

Alerts
Alert: GitHub Investigates Internal Repository Breach via Malicious VS Code Extension

Alerts
Alert: Copy Fail Linux Local Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-31431)

Alerts
Alert: GitHub Bug Exposed Webhook Secrets to Recipient Endpoints

Insights
What to Expect During a Web Application Pentest

Supply Chain Attacks
Dependency Pinning for npm: Defending Against Supply Chain Attacks

Cyber Security 101
Secure your email with MTA-STS

Web Application Security
Authentication Security for SaaS Startups: What to Get Right

AI
Is Your Penetration Test Leaking Data to Third-Party AI?

Vulnerability Management
Mitigating LLMNR Poisoning Attacks

Insights
Your First Pentest: Scoping a Network Pentest

Insights
Scoping a web application penetration test

Vulnerability Management
OK, now it's really time to disable Net-NTLMv1

Insights
When Security Issues Kill the Vibe (Coding)

Email Security
What is DKIM? How DomainKeys Identified Mail Works & How to Set It Up

Email Security
DMARC: how it works, setup and policy guide

Email Security
What is SPF? Sender Policy Framework Explained & How to Configure It

Web Application Security
What is XSS? Cross-Site Scripting Explained

Web Application Security
What is SQL Injection (SQLi)?

Exploit
Identifying Bad Characters in Exploit Development

Cyber Security 101
Email Phishing Attacks Explained

Cyber Security 101
What is Password Cracking and How Does it Work?

Accreditation
Exploitr Gains CREST Pathway Status

Cyber Security 101
What is a Red Team Engagement?
Cyber Security 101
What is Penetration Testing?
Vulnerability Management
What is Vulnerability Scanning?

Attack Surface Management
What is External Attack Surface Management (EASM)?

Vulnerability Management
Common Vulnerability Management Challenges

Exploit
Manually Implanting Backdoors in PE Files

Exploit
Using an Egghunter to Exploit Minimal Buffer Overflows

Accreditation
Cyber Essentials Certified

Exploit
An Introduction in Exploiting Basic Vanilla Buffer Overflows
Cyber Security 101
Understanding WPA/WPA2 Pre-Shared-Key Cracking
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