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Blogs

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

How to Execute an XML External Entity Injection (XXE)

November 26, 2020
Est Read Time: 4 min
What's XXE? An XML External Entity vulnerability is a type of attack against an application that parses XML input. This...
Pentester Guides

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...
Modernizing Pentesting

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...
Pentester Stories

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

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

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...
Pentester Guides

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

Cobalt Platform Deep Dive: New and Improved Navigation

November 1, 2020
Est Read Time: 2 min
What is new and improved navigation? There are a few core principles that web-based applications, especially SaaS or...
Cybersecurity Insights

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).
Pentester Guides

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...
Pentester Stories

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