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GigaOm Names Cobalt an “Outperformer” for Third Consecutive Year in Annual Radar Report for PTaaS.
3 PEAT
GigaOm Names Cobalt an “Outperformer” for Third Consecutive Year in Annual Radar Report for PTaaS.

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Cobalt Release Blog: March 2023

Read about the improvements we launched to our PtaaS Platform last month: aggregated risk, improved notifications, pentester peer feedback, and achievement stats.
Apr 11, 2023
Est Read Time: 1 min

Pentester of the Quarter: Shubham Chaskar

Cobalt is excited to announce that Shubham Chaskar is the Q2 Pentester of the Quarter!
Apr 10, 2023
Est Read Time: 1 min

CSRF & Bypasses

This article discusses Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, a web security vulnerability where an attacker tricks an authenticated website user into performing an unwanted action, such as transferring funds or changing their email address, by exploiting the user's browser cookies. The article explains how CSRF attacks work and how attackers can bypass CSRF token validation to exploit vulnerabilities in web applications. It also discusses several techniques that can be used to bypass CSRF defense, including removing the referer header, bypassing the regex, and using different Content-Type values.
Apr 10, 2023
Est Read Time: 8 min

Meet Lisa Matherly Cobalt's New Chief Marketing Officer

This week Cobalt welcomed Lisa Matherly, as Chief Marketing Officer. With over two decades of experience in B2B...
Apr 5, 2023
Est Read Time: 4 min

Dynamic Duo: Dhiraj Mishra & Zubin Devnani

Dhiraj Mishra and Zubin Devnani, two Core Pentesters, have led ten successful fuzzing workshops together and have plans to continue. Read about how they got started in our blog about the Dynamic Duo in the Core.
Apr 5, 2023
Est Read Time: 2 min

The Fifth Edition State of Pentesting Report: Preview

The State of Pentesting 2023 drops on April 12th — get a taste of the report with this sneak peek, and sign up to receive it in your inbox on launch day.
Apr 4, 2023
Est Read Time: 2 min

Overflow Vulnerabilities

Overflow vulnerabilities occur when a program or system accepts more data than it can handle, leading to memory corruption and potentially allowing attackers to execute malicious code. Core Pentester Ninad Mathpati writes about these types of vulnerabilities and how to prevent them.
Apr 3, 2023
Est Read Time: 14 min

A Penetration Tester's Guide To Web Applications

Cybersecurity teams constantly need to adapt and protect networks against new vulnerabilities and maintain their...
Mar 29, 2023
Est Read Time: 5 min

10 Steps to Secure Your Azure Cloud Environment

The blog discusses ten essential steps to secure your Azure cloud environment, ranging from access management to network security. It emphasizes the use of Azure CLI to implement these best practices and safeguard against potential security threats. The steps include multifactor authentication, compliance standards, encryption, backups, and disaster recovery plans, among others.
Mar 29, 2023
Est Read Time: 11 min

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