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Blogs

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

Update Your Findings State and Manage Assets via the Cobalt API

July 11, 2022
Est Read Time: 8 min
At Cobalt, we strive to make security easier, and more accessible. To incorporate pentesting more tightly into the...
Product Updates API Pentesting

Attacking Windows Applications – Part 1

July 8, 2022
Est Read Time: 10 min
In this two-part blog series, we will discuss the overview of thick client applications and the type of architecture present.
Cobalt Core

Cybersecurity Burnout in Pentesting

July 6, 2022
Est Read Time: 2 min
Cybersecurity burnout is a form of exhaustion caused by constantly feeling swamped. We talked with some of our Core members to learn how they combat this issue.
Cobalt Core

Pentester of the Quarter: Sunil Kande

July 1, 2022
Est Read Time: 3 min
Sunil Kande is Cobalt's Pentester of the Quarter! Sunil was selected by his peers as someone they enjoy working with who has expert technical skills.
Pentester Stories Cobalt Core

Challenges in Building a Globally Distributed, Fault-Resistant VPN for WFH — And How We Solved Them

June 30, 2022
Est Read Time: 14 min
Lessons learned from scaling OpenVPN globally
Cybersecurity Insights

Pentester Spotlight: Matt Buzanowski, From US-Army to Red Teaming

June 29, 2022
Est Read Time: 3 min
Matt Buzanowski started his career in the US Army and now works with the Red Team he started and grew at a Fortune 100 company. Matt has been a member of the Core since 2017
Pentester Stories Cobalt Core

Awkward Handshakes and Free T-Shirts. Security Conferences Are Back!

June 23, 2022
Est Read Time: 5 min
This week we visited InfoSec EU in London, which for many of the team was the first physical security conference in a while. Here are our biggest takeaways!
Cybersecurity Insights

Platform Deep Dive: UX Improvements to Pentest Lists

June 22, 2022
Est Read Time: 3 min
An overview of the revamped Pentest tab, with new sorting and filtering options.
Product Updates

Women of the Core

June 17, 2022
Est Read Time: 6 min
Only 25% of the cybersecurity industry is women. We talked with our female pentesters about their journeys into this male-dominate field.
Pentester Stories

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