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Cobalt at BlackHat & DefCon

We want to see you at BlackHat and DefCon! Cobalt will have a booth and suite at the two conferences and is hosting some cool events!

Are you attending Black Hat in Las Vegas on August 10-11? If so, we'd like to meet you! Stop by Cobalt Booth #1386 to snag some swag, and test drive the PtaaS platform. Learn about what makes pentesting as a service provide a 50% greater ROI than traditional pentesting.

We’ll also be hosting a Rubiks cube contest and co-hosting a happy hour with Cider Security (Registration closed). 

Our talented pentester community will also be sharing their knowledge through the following trainings: 

Deep Dive into Fuzzing by Dhiraj Mishra & Zubin Devani (8/6-7)

Fuzzing is a technique of identifying software vulnerabilities by automated corpus generation. During this training, attendees would be emulating techniques that would provide a comprehensive understanding of "Crash, Detect & Triage" of fuzzed binaries or software. In "Deep dive into fuzzing" we will be covering a detailed overview of fuzzing and how it can be beneficial to professionals in uncovering security vulnerabilities with a hands-on approach through a focus on labs.

Advanced Infrastructure Hacking 4 Day by Pratik Shah (8/6-9)

The security of your network infrastructure underpins your organization’s overall cybersecurity posture – it’s the foundation of everything. Designed for advanced infrastructure security specialists, this fast-paced course will shift your knowledge and skills up to another gear. Get into the attacker mindset for 4 days and deploy over 50 attack techniques via our state-of-the-art hacklabs. You’ll learn the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used to compromise operating systems and networking devices from professional penetration testers well-versed in on-premise and cloud infrastructure.

DefCon

Our team will also be attending DefCon, also known as Hacker Summer Camp. Here’s a rundown of everything we’ve got going on: 

Raffle:

We are raffling off some awesome prizes including Cobalt swag, Hak5, premium liquor, and gift cards.

Wednesday 8/10:

Cobalt Happy Hour: Come join us for drinks and Ptaas talk! We will be at Level Up from 6:30-8:30.

Friday 8/12:

Hospitality Suite: Come hang out with us! We will be at Ballys starting at 5:00pm giving out great swag and talking about all things Cobalt Pentester Core!

Saturday 8/13:

Hospitality Suite: Come hang out with us! We will be at Ballys starting at 5:00pm giving out great swag and talking about all things the Core! 

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About Shelby Matthews
Shelby Matthews is a Community Content Associate at Cobalt. She works to empower the Cobalt Core of professional pentesters, by providing them with a platform to produce content and showcase their expertise. She graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Journalism and uses it to bring the Cobalt Core's stories to life. More By Shelby Matthews
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