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CovertSwarm Threat Alert
- SWARM INTELLIGENCE: BadSuccessor
- Citrix Gateway and Citrix ADC Security Bulletin for CVE-2022-27510 CVE-2022-27513 and CVE-2022-27516
Glossary
- Cybersecurity Glossary
- What is Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)?
- What is vulnerability scanning and why is it important?
- What is web application security, and why is it important?
- What is attack surface management and how does it work?
- What is a purple team and why do you need one?
- What are insider threats and how do you prevent them?
- Incident response: a comprehensive guide
- What is IT infrastructure, and why is it important?
- What’s the difference between red teaming and penetration testing?
- What’s the difference between a red team and a blue team?
- What is patch management and what are the benefits?
- Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR): the ultimate guide
- Denial of Service (DoS) attacks: a complete guide
- What are evil twin attacks and how do you prevent them?
- What is fuzzing and how does it work?
- What is API testing?
- What is email spoofing?
- What is an Intrusion Detection System (IDS)?
- Vishing: everything you need to know
- What is Kerberos authentication?
- What Does SDLC Mean?
- What is endpoint security and why is it important?
- What is Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and how do you prevent it?
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): what you need to know
- What is a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack?
- What are brute force attacks?
- What is an eavesdropping attack?
- What is DNS and how does it work?
- What is smishing and how do you prevent it?
- What is spear phishing and how do you prevent it?
- What is a SQL injection (SQLi) attack and how can you prevent them?
- What is malware and how can you prevent it?
- What is phishing and how can you prevent it?
- What is a firewall?
- What is ransomware and how do you prevent it?
- What is penetration testing and why is it important?
- What is social engineering in cybersecurity?
- What is ethical hacking?
- Red teaming: everything you need to know
- MFA Bombing
- What is password cracking and how does it work?
- Winners of the CISO Choice Awards ‘Breach & Attack Simulation Service Provider’
- One Hive Member’s insights into how and why our industry should change
- We’re Security Current’s 2022 CISO Choice Awards Finalists!
- FortiOS / FortiProxy / FortiSwitchManager – Authentication Bypass (CVE-2022-40684)
- Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange
- Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in Magento 2 and Adobe Commerce Systems (CVE-2022-24086)
- Pentest from your pocket with Flipper Zero
- Critical vulnerability identified in WordPress plugin “BackupBuddy”: (CVE-2022-31474)
- DEF CON 30: what we learned (and how it helps you)
- Working at CovertSwarm: Our First Intern
- Critical RCE in DrayTek Routers (CVE-2022-32548)
- Why a cyber value proposition should be part of your business strategy
- Critical vulnerabilities identified in VMware products (CVE-2022-31656)
- DEF CON 30: what it is and where to find us
- What’s it like to work at CovertSwarm?
- Working at CovertSwarm: One Hive Member’s Experience
- CONSTANT offensive security – How does it all work?
- The Tiber EU Framework: What is it and why is it important?
- The Internet of Things: Securing the Hidden Attack Surface of Your Home
- What is an Application-level Attack?
- What is Fingerprinting in Ethical Hacking?
- What is Intrusive Penetration Testing?
- Application Penetration Testing
- What is Wi-Fi Penetration Testing?
- Office 365 Security Best Practices
- What is Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS)?
- CEH Certification
- Sniffing Attack
- What is Session Hijacking?
- Retail Penetration Test
- DevOps vs DevSecOps
- Malicious Code
- What is Enumeration in Cyber Security?
- What is Penetration Testing Software?
- What is a computer worm and how do you prevent them?
- What is a Network Penetration Test?
- Is Open Source or Proprietary More Secure?
- What is Broken Authentication?
- Can You Pentest AWS?
- What is the Information Security CIA?
- Is Linux Good for Ethical Hacking?
- What is a Physical Penetration Test?
- Why is Python Used for Hacking?
- What is CREST Certification?
- What are the Best Laptops for Pen-testers?
- What is an Android Pentest?
- What is Cloud Pentesting?
- What is a False Positive in Cyber Security?
- Internal vs External Pen Testing
- What is Nmap in Cyber Security?
- What is an OSCP Penetration Test?
- What is PCI Pen Testing?
- Simplify your jira vulnerability management workflow
News
- ANATOMY OF A BREACH: INSIDE THE MODERN RETAIL ATTACK
- CovertSwarm named a Sunday Times 2025 Best Place to Work
- CovertSwarm Achieves ISO 22301 Certification
- CovertSwarm Ranks #23 on Clutch 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in 2025
- CovertSwarm Achieves Prestigious CBEST Accreditation
- Julio Taylor joins CovertSwarm as CMO
- Beware of Recruitment Scammers Impersonating CovertSwarm
- CovertSwarm welcomes Nick Dibbern as Chief Financial Officer
- James Dale joins CovertSwarm as Head of Adversarial Simulation Testing
- CovertSwarm Achieves STAR-FS Accreditation
- CovertSwarm Secures Spot in TechRound’s Top 100 for 2024
- An In-Depth Guide to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
- Mitigating Credential Stuffing Attacks with IP Rotation: Strategies and Considerations
- CovertSwarm at DEF CON 32: Insights from the Swarm
- How to Own DEF CON Like a Boss
- DEF CON 32: Discover the New CovertSwarm Badge
- Academy Launches Second Intake
- Combining regulation with real-world security assurance: DORA and NIS2
- CovertSwarm named by Clutch among Top 100 Fastest-Growing Companies
- The Sunday Times – Best Places to Work
- Ellie Lancaster joins as Head of People and Culture
- Rishikesh Bhide joins CovertSwarm as Head of Engineering
- Louis Blackburn joins as Operations Director
- CovertBrew February Edition
- Discovering WordPress Vulnerabilities to Make it Safer
- Exploiting CVE-2023-5044 and CVE-2023-5043 to overtake a Kubernetes Cluster
- A journey into Badge Life
- Persistence Attack in Active Directory: The Golden Ticket Attack
- Our first Employee Net Promoter Score in review
- CovertSwarm named on the Startups 100 Index
- CovertSwarm strengthens leadership team with three key senior appointments
- We’ve been named a CISO Choice Awards finalist
- Web application vulnerability Scanning, in the palm of your hands
- How to create a strong password and essential best practices
- How to become an ethical hacker
- TechRound names CovertSwarm among the Top 20 Cybersecurity companies
- CovertSwarm launches in-house Academy Program
- We’re joining the Badge Life Movement: Discover the CovertSwarm Badge at DEF CON 31
- Covertswarm secures investment from beech tree private equity
- CovertSwarm revolutionizes Attack Surface Management with launch of free Offensive Operations Center
- Why red team exercises should be included in your company’s supply chain defense strategy
- SteelCon 2023: diary of a conference goon
- CovertSwarm Hive member, Dario Tejada, shares knowledge to Spanish cybersecurity community
- The risks, impact, and benefits of using AI generated content
- Security fatigue
- XSS – It’s not just “alert(1)”
- CovertSwarm is now ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 accredited
- ChatGPT in the wrong hands….
- ALERT – Critical Microsoft Outlook bug Actively Exploited
- CovertSwarm appoint former ITV.com MD as Chairman of the Board
- Simplify your vulnerability management workflow in Jira
- Introducing Will Morrish, CovertSwarm Chief Revenue Officer
- Enhance team cyber collaboration with our new Slack integration
- Exploiting Microsoft Windows 11 via Process No-Hollowing
- Zero-day vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence
- Zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office – Follina
- Diary of a Cyber Attacker
- CovertSwarm Inc. launched in North America
- CovertSwarm supports BBC to advise social media account hijack victims
- Video: Zero-Day Exploitation From A Bad Actors Perspective
- Multiple Windows Zero-Days Identified (CVE-2022-24521, CVE-2022-26904 and CVE-2022-26809)
- Zero Day Vulnerability Identified In Java Spring Framework – CVE-2022-22965 (Spring4Shell)
- Remote Code Execution Vulnerability In Veeam Backup & Replication – CVE-2022-265 & CVE-2022-26501
- Critical Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Alert In Linux – CVE-2022-0847
- Video: Your Best Defence is Your Worst Enemy – Rethinking Your Cyber Security Strategy.
- Who are CovertSwarm?
- CovertSwarm – Dundee and Angus College Curriculum Partner
- Introducing CovertSwarm – The Podcast
- Zero Day Vulnerability Identified In Magento 2 And Adobe Commerce (CVE-2022-24086)
- The emerging crisis in Ukraine
- 0-day Vulnerability In Horde Webmail Email System
- Authentication Bypass/Instance Takeover Vulnerability via Zabbix Frontend – CVE-2022-23131
- Critical RCE Vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugin PHP Everywhere
- Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler – CVE-2022-22718
- Critical Vulnerability Alert in Samba – CVE-2021-44142
- Demonstration of remote root via Log4Shell and PwnKit attack chain
- Critical 0-day vulnerability in Polkit pkexec component
- CovertSwarm appoints Luke Potter as Chief Operating Officer
- Log4Shell RCE: Critical Zero Day Security Vulnerability
- Password Policy Best Practices 2022
- Video: An Ethical Hacker’s View on your Security (London CTOs)
- Pentesting is DEAD.
- CovertSwarm collaborates with BBC on Instagram Scam investigation
- CovertSwarm assists BBC with telephone ‘number spoofing’ investigation
- The Challenges of ethical hacking
- How to Become a Cyber Security Consultant
- How Secure are TPM Chips?
- CovertSwarm Gains Further Accreditation with CREST STAR
- CovertSwarm Achieves CREST Accreditation
- An introduction to Constant Cyber Attack
- Improving Internal Cybersecurity Engagement – Q&A
- CovertSwarm launches Offensive Operations Centre
- Accelerate your cybersecurity posture with a CovertSwarm of security professionals
- Are you a Cyber Rebel?
- As A Service’ (AAS) Overload – Providing Context to ‘AAS’ in Cybersecurity
- New Styles of Cyber Attack Detected against Businesses & Supply Chain Partners
- Is your Penetration Testing Program delivering the value you expect to your business?
- Rattle the lock on your SOC’ – Time to constantly test your Security Operations Centre
- Rattle the lock on your SOC
- Is your Security Operations Centre awake? Your adversaries are. And so are we.
- The cyber risk of high-velocity product development
- Annual Penetration Testing is no longer enough
Opinion
- Your LLM Security Isn’t as Strong as You Think.
- Retail Under Siege: The Coordinated Cyber Assault on UK’s Top Stores
- AI apps are smart. Until they do something really dumb.
- Reality Check: What Google’s Latest Report Tells Us About AI-Enabled Threat Actors
- Santa: The OG Ethical Hacker Smashing Your Home Security Since Forever
- Is Your Business Secured Like an Egg or an Onion?
Swarm Intelligence
Technology
- K8s – Pod to Node Escape Techniques
- Uncloaking Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
- Gaining Initial Access in a Kubernetes Environment (part 2)
- Exploring the Kubernetes Architecture from an Offensive Viewpoint (part 1)
- The trials and tribulations of secure software development
- AI voice impersonation: voice-based authentication just got owned
- Improving organisational awareness with enhanced Automated Reconnaissance
- Avoiding the Cyber Risk Rollercoaster
- Discovering and identifying change to your organisation’s attack surface
- CovertSwarm: How our technology helps you
Case Studies
- Araco: how we turned an image upload into a potential nightmare
- The one where we turned a telecom’s security nightmare into a masterclass in resilience
- The one where we cracked 90% of a fintech’s passwords using their onboarding process
- The one where we rewrote the script on security
- The one where we breached an insurance giant through image uploads
- The one where we owned a cloud platform through a free trial
- CovertSwarm and Fintech: Snoop Case Study
- Finance: From Pen Testing to Constant Cyberattack Simulation
- Retail: Fortifying The Cybersecurity Posture Against APT
- Finance: Evolving From CBEST to Risk-Based Cybersecurity
Podcasts
- Episode 33 – The AI Impersonation with Ron Eddings
- Episode 32 – Inside the Breach: The Vulnerabilities Within Your Perimeter
- Episode 31 – Insights From A Former State-Sponsored Hacker
- Episode 30 – CovertSwarm Academy: End of First Year
- Episode 29 – DEF CON: Las Vegas Special
- Episode 28 – DEF CON 32: Badge Life
- Episode 27 – From America’s Insurance Capital: Let’s talk about Fraudsters
- Episode 26 – Understanding DORA and NIS2
- Episode 25 – SwarmCon 7 at Bletchley Park
- Episode 24 – Initial Access Brokers
- Episode 23 – The Red Teaming Paradigm
- Episode 22 – New Cyber Maturity Rating Feature
- Episode 21 – Product Thinking in Security
- Episode 20 – Transitioning from Bug Bounty to Constant Cyber Attack
- Episode 19 – From Punk to Cyber
- Episode 18 – The CovertSwarm Academy
- Episode 17 – The moving security goalpost with Todd Wade
- Episode 16.5 – Defcon 2023 special, live from Las Vegas
- Episode 16 – Challenging the Attack Surface Management industry with special guest Adam Govier
- Episode 15 – Information Security Management with Special Guest Frankie Gallop from Provention
- Episode 14 – Threat Intelligence with special guest Haroon Mahmood
- Episode 13 – Data privacy and security with special guest Ulrika Dellrud
- Episode 12 – SwarmCon special
- Episode 11-Introducing Dominic Cameron, Chairman of the Board, CovertSwarm
- Episode 10- Introducing Will Morrish
- Episode 9- A new standard approach
- Episode 8- It’s time for a change
- Episode 7- PCI DSS 4.0 & Mitigating Skimming Attacks
- Episode 6- My First DEF CON
- Episode 5 – DEF CON 30 Special, Las Vegas
- Episode 4- Are You Thinking About Cyber The Right Way?
- Episode 3- How To Get Into The Cyber Industry
- Episode 2- The Crisis In Ukraine
- Episode 1- Why The Penetration Testing Industry Needs To Change