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Cofense
Company blog · cofense.com/blogsecurity
Cofense is the company blog at cofense.com, writing about security. Since 2018, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Major Energy Company Targeted in Large QR Code Phishing Campaign”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Cited as sources for posts on criminals abusing cloud services like Cloudflare and threat actors hosting content on government subdomains. Comments mostly cite or link the posts, with no direct praise or criticism.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Stop phishing attacks that bypass traditional filters. Cofense combines AI detection, real-time training, and expert response to outpace threats across every channel.
Most-linked posts?
- /company/careers/2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-11-02
- Major Energy Company Targeted in Large QR Code Phishing Campaign2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-08-25
What Hacker News says?
Cofense | Leesburg, VA and REMOTE USA | UI Front End Software Engineer II | https://cofense.com/company/careers Cofense was founded by information security experts, with decades of industry experience and a mission to unite humanity against phishing. Cofense fosters an environment that is challenging and fun. We put our employees first by mentoring new team members, encouraging company paid training, and making sure…
Comment linking /company/careers
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring right now?”Submitted Exploiting Social Media: TikTok Links Used to Hijack Microsoft Accounts as a story · 3 points
HN discussionWould be ironic, since they provide services to criminals who commit DDoS-attacks, spread malware and conduct phishing campaigns: https://cofense.com/blog/how-cloudflare-services-are-abused-... https://www.heise.de/en/news/Report-Cybercriminals-use-Cloud... Or maybe they would just want to get rid of the competition.
Comment linking /blog/how-cloudflare-services-are-abused-for-credential-theft-and-malware-distribution
on “Bot traffic from Yandex”Submitted Abusing Google Canary's Origin Chip Makes the URL Completely Disappear (2014) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionCofense | Leesburg, VA and REMOTE USA | UI Front End Software Engineer II | https://cofense.com/company/careers Cofense was founded by information security experts, with decades of industry experience and a mission to unite humanity against phishing. Cofense fosters an environment that is challenging and fun. We put our employees first by mentoring new team members, encouraging company paid training, and making sure…
Comment linking /company/careers
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2020)”Submitted Major Energy Company Targeted in Large QR Code Phishing Campaign as a story · 1 points
HN discussionCOFENSE – UNITING HUMANITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINT PHISHING | Full-time | U.S. REMOTE | Multiple Cybersecurity positions across the organization | UNITED STATES | https://www.cofense.com Must have authorization to work in the United States Note: Please include Hackernews as Source when you apply 1. Software Engineer III (Senior UI Front-End) - Must have experience with Vue.js and TypeScript - https://bit.ly/37pXxHV 2. A…
Comment linking /company/careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2021)”Submitted Major Energy Company Targeted in Large QR Code Phishing Campaign as a story · 1 points
HN discussionCofense | Leesburg, VA | Full-time | Remote (USA only) | https://cofense.com Cofense, a leader in the cybersecurity industry with a mission to stop phish, is actively hiring User Interface / Front-End Software Engineers. Candidates must be US-based and comfortable with and capable of 100% remote work. We use Vue.js with TypeScript and maintain our own design library and shared component library. As a UI/Front-End En…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021)”Submitted Google AMP – The Newest of Evasive Phishing Tactic as a story · 1 points
HN discussionCofense | Leesburg, VA | Full-time | Remote (USA only) | https://cofense.com - Hiring: UI Engineers (all levels) Cofense, a leader in the cybersecurity industry with a mission to stop phish, is actively hiring User Interface / Front-End Software Engineers. Candidates must be US-based and comfortable with and capable of 100% remote work. We use Vue.js with TypeScript and maintain our own design library and shared com…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2021)”COFENSE – UNITING HUMANITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINT PHISHING | Full-time | U.S. REMOTE | Multiple Cybersecurity positions across the organization | UNITED STATES | https://www.cofense.com Must have authorization to work in the United States – Cofense doesn’t sponsor visa to work in the U.S. Note: Please include Hackernews as Source when you apply 1. Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager – Must have Malware Analysis and Rever…
Comment linking /company/careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2020)”Cofense | Senior UI/Front-end Engineer(s) | USA - REMOTE Cofense is hiring several Senior UI Engineers to support our growing catalog of phishing defense web services. We maintain our own design/shared component library, participate in API design discussions, and own all UI work across the company. For more information about our interview process and expectations for those looking to join our team, see https://engin…
Comment linking /company/careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2022)”COFENSE – UNITING HUMANITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINT PHISHING | Full-time | U.S. REMOTE | Multiple Cybersecurity positions across the organization | UNITED STATES | https://www.cofense.com Must have authorization to work in the United States – Cofense doesn’t sponsor visa to work in the U.S. Note: Please include Hackernews as Source when you apply 1. Software Engineer III (Senior UI Front-End) - Must have experience with…
Comment linking /company/careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2020)”Cofense | Leesburg, VA | Full-time | Remote (USA only) | https://cofense.com - Hiring: Senior UI Engineers Cofense, a leader in the cybersecurity industry with a mission to stop phish, is actively hiring User Interface / Front-End Software Engineers. Candidates must be US-based and comfortable with and capable of 100% remote work. We use Vue.js with TypeScript and maintain our own design library and shared component…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2021)”Curious how you differ from Cofense Phishme? https://cofense.com/
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on “Launch HN: Riot (YC W20) – Phishing training for your team”These subdomains/sites are most likely misconfigured in such a way that malicious actors are able to redirect to/host anything they wish. There was a blogpost here on HN about this, showing that (Roblox/Robux) scams were also seemingly hosted on .gov sites. I can't find that post anymore. Here is a publication related to what you've found: https://cofense.com/blog/threat-actors-exploit-government-we...
Comment linking /blog/threat-actors-exploit-government-website-vulnerabilities-for-phishing-campaigns
on “.gov websites appear to be hosting nudes/movies”
