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

Exploiting Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities: A Step-by-Step Guide (Part 2)

April 24, 2023
Est Read Time: 18 min
Buffer overflow vulnerability happens when data written to a buffer exceeds its size, which may overwrite important data or execute malicious code. Attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access, execute malicious code, or steal sensitive data. This blog will provide an overview of buffer overflow exploitation, including its causes, consequences, and the methods attackers use to exploit it. It's important to understand the basics before diving into exploitation and steps of buffer overflow.
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Cobalt Core Pentester Guides
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The Top 20 Penetration Testing Tools for Cybersecurity in 2023

April 21, 2023
Est Read Time: 7 min
To combat the growing number of sophisticated cyber threats, security professionals must stay up-to-date with the...
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Modernizing Pentesting

Hacker Corner Episode 2: Managing a Community of 400+ Hackers

April 19, 2023
Est Read Time: 3 min
On this episode of Hacker Corner, host Sheeraz Ali sits down with Community Manager Elizabeth Ramirez to talk about managing a community of 400+ hackers.
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Cobalt Core

A Pentester’s Guide to Dependency Confusion Attacks

April 17, 2023
Est Read Time: 7 min
This blog post discusses the concept of "Dependency Confusion" in software development, where malicious code is injected into third-party dependencies, such as libraries or frameworks, that applications use.
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Cobalt Core Pentester Guides

The State of Pentesting 2023: How Operational Changes Can Jeopardize Security

April 12, 2023
Est Read Time: 3 min
The 2023 report taps into data from over 3,100 pentests we did in 2022, and 1,000 responses from security teams in the US, the UK, and Germany.
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Modernizing Pentesting

Cobalt Release Blog: March 2023

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

Pentester of the Quarter: Shubham Chaskar

April 10, 2023
Est Read Time: 1 min
Cobalt is excited to announce that Shubham Chaskar is the Q2 Pentester of the Quarter!
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Cobalt Core
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Meet Lisa Matherly Cobalt's New Chief Marketing Officer

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

Dynamic Duo: Dhiraj Mishra & Zubin Devnani

April 5, 2023
Est Read Time: 2 min
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.
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