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 #### Advantages and Benefits
 Sqlmap is a great automated tool for SQL vulnerabilities but it can be a little
-noisy when you perform penetesting or bug hunting!
+noisy when you perform pentesting or bug hunting!
 One of the cool part of Sqlmap is Tampering. Tampering gives us some
 functions/techniques to evade filters and WAF's.