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A Brief History of Hacking | Cobalt

December 5, 2022
Est Read Time: 5 min
The history of hacking offers a colorful background dated all the way back to the late 1800s.
Modernizing Pentesting

Top 10 Gifts for Cybersecurity Professionals

December 1, 2022
Est Read Time: 4 min
With the holidays quickly approaching, tis the season of gift giving!
Life at Cobalt

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

November 30, 2022
Est Read Time: 5 min
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.
Pentester Stories Cobalt Core

Introduction to Serverless Vulnerabilities

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

Importance of Setting Security Goals in the Planning Process

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

Cobalt Release Blog: October

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

Red Teaming vs. Pentesting

November 21, 2022
Est Read Time: 2 min
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.
Cobalt Core Pentester Guides

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

November 21, 2022
Est Read Time: 2 min
This post covers the 2022 GigaOm Report. Explore this year's report with the 2024 version of the GigaOm Radar Report....
NEWS

PTaaS Roadshow Recap: Into the Hacker’s Mind

November 18, 2022
Est Read Time: 5 min
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.
Cybersecurity Insights Pentester Guides

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