Blogs

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

Pentesting and DevOps: An Engineer's Perspective

November 24, 2020
Est Read Time: 5 min
In a healthy organization, engineering and security teams should work in a close and efficient manner. I’ve spent years...
Thought Leadership

Pentester Spotlight: Stefan Nicula

November 23, 2020
Est Read Time: 6 min
Stefan Nicula is a threat researcher and pentester with over 5 years of experience. His areas of expertise are in...
Cobalt Core

Cloudy Features: 5 Best Practices for AWS, Azure and Cloud Security

November 17, 2020
Est Read Time: 4 min
As appeared in Cybersecurity Magazine.
Thought Leadership

A Pentester’s Guide to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

November 13, 2020
Est Read Time: 4 min
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is an attack that forces an end user to execute unwanted actions on a web application...
Cobalt Core

Lessons on Burnout: How to Protect Yourself & Your Team

November 12, 2020
Est Read Time: 4 min
Burnout can have 4 to 12 stages. According to Help Guide, there are even red flags that one can look out for. These red...
Cobalt Core

A Pentester’s Guide to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

October 30, 2020
Est Read Time: 8 min
Examine a common security vulnerability, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).
Cobalt Core

Pentester Spotlight: Nikhil Srivastava

October 28, 2020
Est Read Time: 6 min
Nikhil Srivastava has been a top-performing pentester on the Cobalt platform for the past five years. He is an active...
Cobalt Core

The Cobalt Core: A pentester community built on diversity, collaboration, and learning

October 21, 2020
Est Read Time: 3 min
The Cobalt Core is our highly-experienced, geographically-diverse community of pentesters. The community consists of...
Cobalt Core

A Pentester’s Guide to HTTP Request Smuggling

October 15, 2020
Est Read Time: 9 min
What is HTTP Request Smuggling? HTTP request smuggling is an attack technique that is conducted by interfering with the...
Cobalt Core

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