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

Agile Security Practices: Revolutionizing Business Tech

What would it take to make pentesting fit with agile security practices?
Sep 9, 2022
Est Read Time: 2 min

Cobalt's PtaaS Exchange: Insights You Don't Want to Miss

The Cobalt PtaaS Exchange Roadshow kicks off on September 8th in San Francisco. It’s never too late to sign up for a...
Sep 8, 2022
Est Read Time: 4 min

New Cobalt Offering: Agile Pentesting for Faster, More Targeted Testing

Today, Cobalt announced Agile Pentesting, a new pentest offering that gives businesses greater flexibility and marks the next evolution in PtaaS.
Sep 7, 2022
Est Read Time: 3 min

Is your wifi connection secure? How attackers take advantage of public WIFI

Do you connect to public wifi networks when you are out? You might be putting yourself and your data at risk. Core Pentester Orhan Yildirim shares how attackers take advantage of these public networks.
Sep 6, 2022
Est Read Time: 6 min

Kentucky's Newest Con: Hack Red Con

Cobalt will be at Hack Red Con for its inaugural year in Louisville this September. The conference was started by Core Pentester Zach Stashis.
Sep 1, 2022
Est Read Time: 2 min

Cobalt Pentest Case Study: OAuth Redirect to Account Takeover

Cobalt Core Penteser Edu Garcia recently used an interesting attack method while working on a Cobalt pentest. In this blog, he shares how he did it and provides a solution to the vulnerability.
Aug 31, 2022
Est Read Time: 3 min

How Low Severity Vulns Become Critical: PACMAN Attack Example

Your latest pentest report was just delivered and there are a dozen findings with severity scores ranging from...
Aug 30, 2022
Est Read Time: 3 min

Pentester Spotlight: Apoorva Jois; Do you want to build or break?

Do you want to build or break? That's the million-dollar question that got Core Pentester Apoorva Jois interested in hacking. She walked us through her journey as a Pentester on the younger side of the industry.
Aug 26, 2022
Est Read Time: 3 min

File Upload Vulnerabilities

This blog aims to demonstrate how applications can be compromised using simple file upload functionalities. Core Pentester Shubham Chaskar will show how to bypass common defense mechanisms and upload web shells.
Aug 24, 2022
Est Read Time: 9 min

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