About CovertSwarm
If you release code, hire people, open new premises or change your board more often than you attack yourself, you are not keeping pace with your own risk. CovertSwarm was founded in 2020 on that argument, frustrated that organizations relied on occasional penetration tests, thick reports and long gaps in between.
The Swarm runs realistic attacks across digital, physical, and social environments, then shows how weaknesses chain into paths an attacker could use against the business.
What we write about
- Continuous offensive security testing: Why occasional testing can’t keep pace with how often your organization changes.
- Emerging threats: New attack techniques and what they could let an attacker do to your organization.
- Offensive AI and AI security: Prompt injection, multi-agent risk and how attackers can turn AI and agentic systems against the organizations running them.
- Red teaming and adversary simulation: Chaining weaknesses into the attack paths a real adversary would follow.
- Regulatory threat-led testing: CBEST, STAR-FS and threat-led testing, from a team with CREST accreditation for both.
- Physical security and social engineering: Getting into buildings and past staff, and what that access exposes.
- Vulnerability research: Flaws in software and systems, and what an attacker could do with each one.
Latest posts

What is phishing and how can you prevent it?
Read our complete guide to learn what phishing is, different types of attack, how it works and how to prevent it

AI voice impersonation: voice-based authentication just got owned
Does the voice you recognize at the end of the phone really belong to the person you think it is? Find out what AI voice impersonation is.

CovertSwarm Hive member, Dario Tejada, shares knowledge to Spanish cybersecurity community
Late last month, one of CovertSwarm’s Hive members presented at the cybersecurity community, RedTeamRD, located in the Dominican Republic.

What is a firewall?
Read our guide to learn what firewalls are, the different types, best practices and how they can protect your network from cyber threats.

What is ransomware and how do you prevent it?
Read about what ransomware is and shield your business from ransomware attacks with our guide. Plus, discover best practices for detection, prevention and recovery.

What is social engineering in cybersecurity?
Discover the ins and outs of social engineering attacks and learn how to identify and prevent them with this comprehensive guide from CovertSwarm.

What is ethical hacking?
Read our guide about ethical hacking to find out what it is, why it’s important, its benefits and challenges and much more.

The risks, impact, and benefits of using AI generated content
In software development and security, AI can involve automating code generation, identifying vulnerabilities and detecting potential threats.

Security fatigue
It's not 'new news' that there have been numerous cybersecurity incidents across various industries over the last months, and whilst each of the impacted businesses would have had methods in place to prevent these incidents from happening, somehow the “bad people” still won.

MFA Bombing
Why might your smartphone be pinging you in the middle of the night?

XSS – It’s not just “alert(1)”
XSS vulnerabilities can be an entry point that lead to wider issues. So you need someone to take them further in order to see if they pose a genuine risk.

Improving organizational awareness with enhanced Automated Reconnaissance
In the realm of cybersecurity, understanding the vulnerabilities in a system is crucial for any organization to secure its digital and physical assets.

CovertSwarm is now ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 accredited
CovertSwarm proudly announces that it has secured the gold standard in ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 accreditations. The leading global ethical hacking and cyber security provider have invested time and money into achieving this status and states that it is a real testament to the company and its operations.

Avoiding the Cyber Risk Rollercoaster
Over 100 global brands subscribe to CovertSwarm's Constant Cyber Attack™ service to outpace their genuine security threats.

ChatGPT in the wrong hands…
CovertSwarm took a look at how ChatGPT could be subverted and used by a malicious actor to employ AI to deliver a realistic and successful phishing attack.
ALERT – Critical Microsoft Outlook bug Actively Exploited
Threat alert details We would like to bring your attention to a critical vulnerability within Microsoft Outlook which allows for elevation of privileges with a CVSS3 score of 9.8. This vulnerability allows specially crafted emails to force a target’s device…
CovertSwarm appoint former ITV.com MD as Chairman of the Board
CovertSwarm, a leading global ethical hacking and cyber security provider, is pleased to announce they have appointed Dominic Cameron as Chairman of the Board.

Simplify your vulnerability management workflow in Jira
Atlassian's Jira is an extremely popular platform for managing not only product development but workloads of different kinds within an organization.
Introducing Will Morrish, CovertSwarm Chief Revenue Officer
We’re kicking off 2023 with an in-depth interview and with our Chief Revenue Officer, Will Morrish – the newest member of CovertSwarm’s leadership team. In our accompanying podcast, Will shares his passions for cyber security and technology, his career up until now, and what’s exciting him most about joining the Swarm.

What is password cracking and how does it work?
Read our blog to find out what password cracking is, some common tactics that hackers use to do it & how you can avoid it.

Enhance team cyber collaboration with our new Slack integration
Over its lifetime the CovertSwarm Portal has had many revisions and improvements to how organizations and users interact with the portal.
Citrix Gateway and Citrix ADC Security Bulletin for CVE-2022-27510 CVE-2022-27513 and CVE-2022-27516
Threat alert details We would like to bring your attention to a recent security bulletin surrounding Citrix Gateway and Citrix ADC. Vulnerabilities have been discovered in Citrix Gateway and Citrix ADC, listed below. Note that only appliances that are operating…
Discovering and identifying change to your organization’s attack surface
The CovertSwarm Portal is a gateway to understanding the exposure of your organization and the risks that may present themselves over time. Gaining that initial understanding of what is out there is crucial in every initial step, both from an attack and defense perspective.
Winners of the CISO Choice Awards ‘Breach & Attack Simulation Service Provider’
We are proud to announce that CovertSwarm has won the Breach & Attack Simulation Service Provider category at the 2022 CISO Choice Awards.
