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

CovertSwarm Achieves Prestigious CBEST Accreditation
CovertSwarm becomes one of the few cybersecurity firms accredited under the Bank of England’s rigorous CBEST framework.

Julio Taylor joins CovertSwarm as CMO
CovertSwarm is proud to announce the appointment of Julio Taylor as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

Reality Check: What Google’s Latest Report Tells Us About AI-Enabled Threat Actors
Google's latest threat intelligence report gives us something far more valuable than speculation: hard data on how threat actors are actually using AI.

Beware of Recruitment Scammers Impersonating CovertSwarm
Beware of individuals impersonating our company to issue fake job opportunities and associated offers.

CovertSwarm welcomes Nick Dibbern as Chief Financial Officer
CovertSwarm has announced the appointment of Nick Dibbern as Chief Financial Officer, joining the executive team at a time of significant growth and bringing extensive experience from roles at Carwow, Trainline, and Channel4.

James Dale joins CovertSwarm as Head of Adversarial Simulation Testing
CovertSwarm is proud to announce the appointment of James Dale as its new Head of Adversarial Simulation Testing.

CovertSwarm Achieves STAR-FS Accreditation
CovertSwarm has officially earned the prestigious STAR-FS (Simulated Target Attack & Response – Financial Services) accreditation from CREST.

Is Your Business Secured Like an Egg or an Onion?
Cybersecurity isn’t about building an impenetrable shell; it’s about creating a resilient system that keeps attackers out—or contains them if they get in.

CovertSwarm at DEF CON 32: Insights from the Swarm
This time last week, our Swarm was taking over Las Vegas at DEF CON 32 - one of the biggest and oldest hacker conventions in the cyber security world.

How to Own DEF CON Like a Boss
The Swarm have landed in DEF CON, and we have some tips from our experts about surviving, and thriving, at this event.

Cybersecurity Glossary
Read this comprehensive list we've compiled to assist experts, C-level executives, and those embarking on a cybersecurity career in navigating the extensive array of terms in the ever-evolving cyberworld.

DEF CON 32: Discover the New CovertSwarm Badge
With the badge life community stronger than ever, we're excited to announce our second CovertSwarm badge for DEF CON 32.

Academy Launches Second Intake
CovertSwarm's Academy is opening the 2024 intake. Apply and start your cybersecurity journey as an ethical hacker.

Combining regulation with real-world security assurance: DORA and NIS2
Whether you’re a local financial startup or a multinational food distributor, understanding how DORA and NIS2 may affect your organization is vital. Both regulations are now in force.

CovertSwarm named by Clutch among Top 100 Fastest-Growing Companies
Clutch has recognized us for achieving one of the highest revenue growth rates from 2022 to 2023.

Ellie Lancaster joins as Head of People and Culture
Ellie joins to continue developing the industry-leading culture CovertSwarm is being recognized for.

K8s – Pod to Node Escape Techniques
In this article we are exploring the breakout of a pod, to gain access to a node. This is performed by attackers to elevate their privileges in a Kubernetes environment.

Rishikesh Bhide joins CovertSwarm as Head of Engineering
Rishikesh joins CovertSwarm to accelerate the organization’s engineering capabilities and product strategy as part of its rapid growth trajectory.

Louis Blackburn joins as Operations Director
Louis joins CovertSwarm from Lloyds Banking Group with an extensive background in red teaming, becoming the latest senior hire as part of the organization’s rapid expansion and growth strategy

CovertBrew February Edition
Our first ever CovertBrew networking event.

Discovering WordPress Vulnerabilities to Make it Safer
Breeze - WordPress Cache Plugin

Exploiting CVE-2023-5043 and CVE-2023-5044 to overtake a Kubernetes Cluster
In this blog we are exploring two new CVE's that exploit an issue in the NGINX controller when NGINX is used for ingress control.

Uncloaking Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Demystify RFID with insights on components, tag types, modulation, and use cases. A concise guide to the intricate world of RFID.

Gaining Initial Access in a Kubernetes Environment (part 2)
Explore initial access in Kubernetes: Uncover application vulnerabilities, compromised images, and cloud credential misuse in Kubernetes environments.
