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Why is Python Used for Hacking?
CovertSwarm
  • Sep 22, 2021
  • 1 min

Why is Python Used for Hacking?

Python is well-known as a fast, simple and easy, readable scripting or programming language. Learn more.
How Secure are TPM Chips?
CovertSwarm
  • Sep 16, 2021
  • 9 min

How Secure are TPM Chips?

Full Disk Encryption is no longer enough. Learn more.
What is Penetration Testing?
CovertSwarm
  • Sep 10, 2021
  • 21 min

What is Penetration Testing?

In this blog post, we will answer some of the most common questions that you may have surrounding Penetration Testing.
What is a Man in the Middle (MitM) attack?
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 27, 2021
  • 2 min

What is a Man in the Middle (MitM) attack?

A Man in the Middle attack (MitM) is a form of cyberattack where the attacker sits in between two parties who believe that they are...
What is an Android Pentest?
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 2 min

What is an Android Pentest?

Penetration testing an Android application involves both the application operation, similar to how a web application test is performed...
What is meant by the term Brute Force Attack?
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 2 min

What is meant by the term Brute Force Attack?

The term 'brute force attack' in its most basic form is an attack that uses trial and error to guess possible combinations. This can...
What is PCI Pen Testing?
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 1 min

What is PCI Pen Testing?

Payment Card Industry (PCI) Penetration Testing or more commonly shortened to PCI Pen Testing is running penetration tests for the...
What is an OSCP Penetration Test?
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 1 min

What is an OSCP Penetration Test?

An OSCP Penetration Test or OSCP Pentest typically means that a Penetration Test is carried out by someone who has achieved the Offensive...
What is Nmap in Cyber Security?
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 1 min

What is Nmap in Cyber Security?

Nmap is a port scanning tool used by penetration testers and hackers to identify exposed services. While there are various options and...
Internal vs External Pen Testing
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 1 min

Internal vs External Pen Testing

What is an internal pen test? Internal Penetration Testing or 'Pentesting' typically refers to the testing of a client's internal...
What is a False Positive in Cyber Security?
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 1 min

What is a False Positive in Cyber Security?

What is a false positive alert? A false positive within cyber security refers to an alert or vulnerability that has been incorrectly...
What is Cross-Site Scripting Prevention?
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 2 min

What is Cross-Site Scripting Prevention?

Cross-Site Scripting is the act of injecting scripts into an application in order to execute scripts in the context of another user. What...
What is CREST Certification?
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 1 min

What is CREST Certification?

CREST is the Council of Registered Security Testers. CREST is an international not-for-profit accreditation and certification body that...
What are the Best Laptops for Pen-testers?
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 1 min

What are the Best Laptops for Pen-testers?

There isn't really such as 'the best laptop' for a pentester to use. It also really depends on the type of pen test you are conducting....
What is Cloud Pentesting?
CovertSwarm
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 1 min

What is Cloud Pentesting?

Cloud Penetration Testing or 'Pentesting' typically refers to the testing of a Cloud-hosted environment such as against Amazon Web...
Red Team vs. Blue Team
CovertSwarm
  • Apr 5, 2021
  • 4 min

Red Team vs. Blue Team

Clearing the confusion between ‘offensive’ (red) and ‘defensive’ (blue) operations. Do you keep hearing the terms ‘Red Team’ and ‘Blue...
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