Pine Digital Security, acquired by Computest in November 2015, is one of Europe’s oldest and most discreet providers of lawful intercept solutions. Established in 1997 in Zoetermeer just south of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Pine Digital is a pioneer of passive lawful intercept via “probes,” a class of hardware often viewed as having advantages over the classic mediation device. … [Read more...]
The Relevance of Axilent ACE Profiler to Surveillance
Available information on Axilent founder and CEO Loren Davie is as spare as data on the company itself: scattered career tidbits on Linkedin; tweets that reveal an array of personal interests ranging from music to Tor, the Dark Web, and an affinity for Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of the Bitcoin protocol. Davie’s self-profile is as puzzling as that of Axilent’s new website, which … [Read more...]
Did Vupen Really Go Away?
Nearing the one year anniversary of founder Chaouki Bekrar's decision to shut down Vupen and launch a new company, Zerodium, which allegedly buys but does not create its own Zero Days, we come across a curious leak: Vupen is in the process of developing -- and may have already completed -- an iOS Zero Day for its long time favorite client, the NSA. That was it: one line … [Read more...]
Blue Coat Systems Jousts With Hacking Team – And Misses
Security company Blue Coat Systems has won kudos from security press in recent days for spotting an Android-focused drive-by attack supposedly linked to Italian ethical malware company, The Hacking Team. The comparatively rare but highly lethal exploit of Android vulnerabilities was discovered at Blue Coat laboratory, and has the gift of infecting targeted mobile devices merely … [Read more...]
VSS Monitoring: For Best-in-Class Network Packet Brokers
C5IS reviews VSS Monitoring: pioneer, market leader & arguably the very future of Network Packet Brokers. Network Packet Brokers (NPBs) and TAPs are systems designed to provide visibility into the network. Both have grown in popularity with the rise of software defined networks, virtualized networks, the cloud, and the attendant increase in the volume, bandwidth and … [Read more...]