Shelby Matthews

Shelby Matthews is a Community Content Associate at Cobalt. She works to empower the Cobalt Core of professional pentesters, by providing them with a platform to produce content and showcase their expertise. She graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Journalism and uses it to bring the Cobalt Core's stories to life.

Pentesting Made Simple, an Italian Hacking Community

November 3, 2022
Est Read Time: 2 min
Core Pentester Reando Veshi has started his own hacking community in Italy: Pentesting Made Simple.
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Pentester Spotlight: Alexis Fernández, Retired Developer takes on Pentesting

October 26, 2022
Est Read Time: 3 min
Alexis Fernandez has been a member of the Cobalt Core for a little over a year now. He started in security as a Web Developer before switching to ethical hacking.
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What it means to be in the Cobalt Core

October 18, 2022
Est Read Time: 4 min
What does it mean to be in the Cobalt Core? I asked some of our Core Pentesters about their experiences in the Core and what has been most memorable for them.
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Pentester of the Quarter: Farid Luhar

October 5, 2022
Est Read Time: 1 min
The Cobalt Community team is excited to announce that our Q4 Pentester of the Quarter is Farid Luhar! Farid has been...
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Pentester Spotlight: Nilesh Sapariya

October 3, 2022
Est Read Time: 7 min
Pentester Origin Story: How did you first get involved in pentesting? Back in time, when I was in 2nd year of...
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Pentester Diaries: Full-time Freelance Pentesting

September 14, 2022
Est Read Time: 2 min
This episode of Pentester Diaries is about the benefits of being a full-time freelance pentester. I sat down with Core Pentesters Harsh Bothra and Parveen Yadav to talk about their daily lives and how they manage to be a full-time freelancer.
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Pentester Spotlight: Apoorva Jois; Do you want to build or break?

August 26, 2022
Est Read Time: 3 min
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.
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Then & Now: Nastor

August 22, 2022
Est Read Time: 2 min
Nicolas Astor, aka "Nastor," has been a part of Cobalt's Core since December 2020. We sat with him to talk about how he and Cobalt have changed over the year.
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Pentester Spotlight: Ninad Mathpati

July 27, 2022
Est Read Time: 4 min
Ninad Mathpati is a Cybersecurity Enthusiast and Hacker with an ethical mindset. He has been working as an Application Security Engineer for 5+ years
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