[OWASP IL] Get Ready for the Next Big Wave of Attacks: Hacking of Leading CMS Systems Sep 23, 2013 by carolineb Come visit Checkmarx at OWASP Israel on October 1st, 2013 at the IDC in Herzliya, Israel. I’m inviting you to join our session: “Get Ready for the Next Big Wave of Attacks: Hacking of Leading CMS Systems” by Maty Siman, Founder & CTO at Checkmarx The flow of this talk is given by – YOU! Before this talk, Read More ›
[Research] The State of Application Security Sep 12, 2013 by carolineb The State of Application Security A Research Study by Security Innovation, Checkmarx’s partners and Ponemon Institute LLC Read More ›
We’re so excited… and we just can’t hide it! Checkmarx is a finalist at the GSC Awards Aug 26, 2013 by carolineb We are happy to share the news- Checkmarx is a finalist in the Global Security Challenge! GSC 2013 seeks to discover the most promising young companies, university spin-offs and concept projects from around the world, capable of providing the next generation of cyber protection and leading the charge against some of the biggest threats of today Read More ›
Joomla’s Security State- WordPress is not alone Aug 20, 2013 by carolineb Two months ago Checkmarx has published a research revealing the security state of WordPress’s 50 top plugins. Another CMS joins the list and this time it’s Joomla- as simple vulnerability was exploited to infect thousands of websites with malware. The sites were hacked to serve up the prevalent Blackhole exploit kit, which in turn infected users’ systems Read More ›
Home is where the heart is. and the hacker too. Aug 7, 2013 by carolineb Thomas Hatley, an ordinary citizen from Oregon was surprised to receive a weird phone call by a complete stranger who hacked his smart home while speaking. The stranger- David Bryan, Security Researcher at Trustwave, managed to hack into Thomas’s “smart” house through an automation system that allows a remote control of electrical devices, originally meant Read More ›
[video] Carjackers in action Aug 5, 2013 by carolineb Who would have imagined that vehicles are starting to require the same protection as laptop computers? Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, sponsored by the Pentagon’s research facility demonstrate in a short video how easily a car can be hacked in real time and how they gain full control over the vehicle’s computer. View full article Read More ›
Cybercrimes % > eCommerce % Jul 29, 2013 by carolineb eCommerce grew by 16% while Cybercrime grew by 23%. This finding, by Martec shows the growth of cyber attacks in comparison to eCommerce in 2012. Despite this growth, says the report, which questioned 100 leading UK retailers, retailers aren’t taking fraud as seriously as they should, and as a result smaller retailers have paid seven Read More ›
The World’s Biggest Data Breaches in One Stunning Visualization Jul 24, 2013 by carolineb Major data breaches, leaks and hacks often consume the news, but the sheer numbers involved — 6 million records or 300,000 leaked passwords — may be hard to conceptualize, especially in comparison to other attacks. Read More ›
Webinar recording! Using Code Flow Visualization for Optimal Vulnerability Remediation Jul 23, 2013 by carolineb Developers are often overwhelmed by the number of vulnerability findings returned by source code analysis tools. But a proper visualization of the code flow can pinpoint optimal code fixes. How? This webinar shows how visual flow graphs can be automatically generated, even without the knowledge of the code’s logic. Using OWASP’s Web Goat as a Read More ›