BOSTON, July 23, 2026 — Cobalt™, the pioneer in pentesting as a service (PTaaS) and a leader in continuous offensive security testing grounded in human expertise, today announced the launch of Cobalt Autonomous Pentest, alongside its executive speaking engagements and research presentations taking place during Black Hat USA and DEF CON 34. Throughout the week, Cobalt will introduce its new autonomous pentesting capabilities, debut a refreshed corporate identity reflecting its evolution to continuous offensive security, and showcase cutting-edge research from its security experts and Cobalt Core pentester community.
Visitors can meet the Cobalt team at Black Hat in Booth #4903 in the AI Zone, where executives, researchers and pentesters will be available for demonstrations, interviews and discussions on the future of AI-driven continuous offensive security.
“Our industry is entering a new era where organizations must continuously validate their security posture against rapidly evolving AI-powered threats,” said Gunter Ollmann, CTO at Cobalt. “Black Hat and DEF CON are the ideal venues to demonstrate how autonomous offensive security can help organizations move beyond periodic testing and toward continuous resilience.”
Autonomous Pentest Launch
Making its debut at Black Hat USA, Cobalt Autonomous Pentest makes continuous offensive security possible across an organization’s entire application portfolio. Drawing from more than 10,000 critical and high-severity findings, this powerful combination of exploit data and human expertise allows organizations to scale fast, with flexibility, and precise coverage across their entire attack surface. The solution extends security coverage across the full portfolio while complementing human-led pentesting for compliance-driven engagements.
Introducing the New Cobalt
Coinciding with the launch of Cobalt Autonomous Pentest, Cobalt is positioning itself to lead the Continuous Offensive Security Testing (COST) market with a refreshed corporate identity built to deliver fast, flexible, and precise security testing. The brand evolution features an updated visual identity and an enhanced product experience—reflecting a unified approach that combines elite human intelligence with advanced AI orchestration. This enables security teams to continuously identify exposures, stay ahead of threats, reduce risk, and maintain compliance.
Featured Speaking Engagements:
- The Barbershop Session: Risk in the Age of AI, Panel, Gunter Ollmann, CTO, Cobalt: The Barbershop Speakeasy, The Cosmopolitan, Tuesday, August 4 | 3:00–5:00 p.m.
- Risk in the Age of AI: Core Findings from the AI and Pentesting Pulse Report 2026 Gunter Ollmann, CTO, Cobalt: Mandalay Bay, Room I, Thursday, August 6 | 1:30–2:00 p.m.
- BigIron.ai: AI-Assisted Exploration and Security Analysis of Mainframe Systems, Demo Labs (Track 3), Adam Toscher, Sr. Security Researcher, Cobalt: LVCC West, Level 1, Hall 3 1003, Friday, August 7 | 3:00–3:45 p.m. and 4:00-4:45 p.m.
- Deceiving AI Agents, Prompt Thieves, and LLM Attack Tooling, Adversary Village – Adversary Tool Demos, Adam Toscher, Sr. Security Researcher, Cobalt: LVCC West, Adversary Village, Saturday, August 8 | 1:30–1:45 p.m.
Cobalt Core at Black Hat and DEF CON
Members of the Cobalt Core, the company’s elite team of pentesters, will present original research and hands-on training throughout the week, including:
- MCParasite: Universal MCP Worm Security Testing Framework, Black Hat Arsenal, Utku Yıldırım, Cobalt Core Member: Mandalay Bay, Business Hall (Arsenal), Thursday, August 6 | 11:20 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
- L.A.Y.E.R.S- Layered Analysis Engine for Browser Extension Risk and Security, Abhinav Khanna, Cobalt Core Member, LVCC West, Level 1, Hall 3 901 (Demo Labs Track 5), Friday, August 7, 2:00-2:24pm and Saturday August 8 | 1:00-1:45pm.
- PMTC: One-Click RCE and Persistent Exfiltration in AI Coding Agents, Utku Yıldırım, Cobalt Core Member, Saturday, Red Team Village, August 8 | 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
- MCParasite: Tool Poisoning and Agent-to-Agent Worm Propagation in MCP-Based AI Systems, Utku Yildirim, Cobalt Core Member, AI Village, Friday August 7 | 1:00-2:00pm
Book Signing with Orhan Yıldırım
Attendees are invited to meet offensive security strategist Orhan Yıldırım, a member of the Cobalt Core, for a book signing on Wednesday, August 5, from 4:00–5:00 p.m. at the Cobalt booth. Yıldırım’s new book, Agentic Offensive Cybersecurity, explores how AI agents, MCP, and workflow orchestration are reshaping penetration testing and offensive security operations.
Visit Cobalt at Black Hat USA: Booth #4903 – AI Zone
About Cobalt
Cobalt is the pioneer in pentesting as a service (PTaaS) and a leader in continuous offensive security testing grounded in human expertise. The Cobalt Offensive Security Platform spans the full spectrum of offensive security, from targeted, human-led pentesting to high-frequency, AI-driven autonomous security testing. Only Cobalt brings together the four critical elements of modern offensive security: elite human expertise, a context-aware platform, AI-powered orchestration, and the industry's largest dataset of real-world pentest results. Thousands of customers and hundreds of partners rely on Cobalt and its global network of 500+ vetted security experts to continuously identify, prioritize, and remediate exploitable risk with the speed, flexibility, and precision today's organizations require.
Cobalt maintains an outstanding NPS of 9, reflecting its dedication to customer satisfaction. Read our reviews on G2 to see why customers love us. More at https://www.cobalt.io. Follow Cobalt on LinkedIn and X.
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