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Thoughts, perspectives, and industry commentary from the Cobalt team.

Pentester Spotlight: Razvan Ionescu, Romania's 3rd GIAC Security Expert

Razvan Ionescu has been pentesting with the Cobalt Core since 2018. He recently became a GIAC Security Expert, Romania's third. Read more about Razvan in his Pentester Spotlight.
Nov 30, 2022
Est Read Time: 5 min

Introduction to Serverless Vulnerabilities

Core Pentester Harsh Bothra introduces us to serverless vulnerabilities. He reviews the top 10 vulnerabilities and concludes with how to remediate them.
Nov 23, 2022
Est Read Time: 6 min

Importance of Setting Security Goals in the Planning Process

Setting an end goal is important. As Frank Covey puts it, we should always aim to start with the end goal in mind....
Nov 22, 2022
Est Read Time: 3 min

Cobalt Release Blog: October

Read about the improvements we launched to our PtaaS Platform last month: Agile Pentesting, improved role management, webhooks and more.
Nov 22, 2022
Est Read Time: 6 min

Red Teaming vs. Pentesting

Core Pentester Saad Nasir writes about what the difference between red teaming and pentesting is based on his own experiences. Saad is a Pentester in Cobalt's Core and on the Red Team at SolarWinds.
Nov 21, 2022
Est Read Time: 2 min

Cobalt Named Sole “Outperformer” in GigaOm’s Radar for Penetration Testing as a Service (PtaaS)

This post covers the 2022 GigaOm Report. Please click the following link to explore the 2023 GigaOm Radar Report for...
Nov 21, 2022
Est Read Time: 2 min

PtaaS Roadshow Recap: Into the Hacker’s Mind

Cobalt Core members Vanessa Sauter, Derek Carlin, and Andreea Cristina Druga share insights on how to prepare for a pentest, what tools they use to stress test your assets, and the steps they take to check what vulnerabilities you’re susceptible to.
Nov 18, 2022
Est Read Time: 5 min

Common Vulnerabilities in NodeJS Applications

Node.js is an open-source and cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment. Today we are going to look at 3 different vulnerabilities by analyzing the source code of an application and how you can detect and exploit them. 
Nov 18, 2022
Est Read Time: 7 min

Get Real-Time Pentest Updates With Webhooks

Until today, to see what's happening with your pentests, you had to go to the Cobalt Platform or run a REST call...
Nov 10, 2022
Est Read Time: 3 min

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