These stories are real, but the details are redacted. The names? You’ll never know them. What we can share is how we uncovered the threats no one else could see, and why a constant, relentless attack is the best defense against today’s cyber threats.
A free trial signup was all it took to seize control of a major cloud platform's demo environment. A mistrusted Docker image and an exposed Kubernetes service account token gave us the same access potential customers get when they sign up, plus a route into the provider's Google Workspace.
A fintech company passed every audit and still missed the gaps attackers could see. Constant attack simulation and open-source reconnaissance found what point-in-time penetration testing never could: a public data trail leading straight to private systems.
A long-established financial institution trusted its CBEST testing cycle to prove its defenses held. The Swarm found what the audit missed: digital footholds, chained privilege escalation, and a physical intrusion into the client's own office. Ten months later, the client doubled its coverage and stopped measuring security by a certificate.
A fake onboarding email gave CovertSwarm valid credentials inside a major B2C retailer's network. The client caught the phishing attempt fast, but a VPN session from the attack stayed open long after the incident was closed. That's the gap a real attacker would have found first.
“The CovertSwarm team is how we stay ahead in the increasingly aggressive world of cybersecurity”. – Jamie West
In an industry where speed to market can make or break a company, they knew their approach carried risk. They just didn’t expect us to find a path straight to their payment platform through a simple image upload.
