C5IS examines ZERODIUM, a venture backed by VUPEN'S Chaouki Bekrar to enhance cyber security for corporate, defense and financial industry clients. For the commercial malware and Zero Day communities, this summer has held a mix of bad news (and worse reporting of good news). In early July hackers cracked The Hacking Team, releasing thousands of documents including emails, … [Read more...]
Internet of Things: The Map of Cyber Intrusion Vulnerability
The Web is alive with a new report by Evans Data Corporation showing rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT). The report cites North America and the Asia Pacific region as being well ahead in IOT development projects, while EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) lag far behind due to lack of interest by developers. The implication: Those in the lead are … [Read more...]
Speak Up: Voice Biometrics for Cybersecurity
Calling all voice biometrics providers. Emergency in progress at the nation's capital. Following the massive cyberattack on the U.S. government's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data, the White House directed federal agencies to ratchet up security of computer systems. Among the emergency measures called for: priority threat detection systems and patching blatant … [Read more...]
Endgame Systems: Isn’t Zero Day Still the End Game?
A little more than two years have passed since Marine Corps veteran Nate Fick took the helm as CEO at Endgame Systems. Fick has turned Endgame toward providing vulnerability intelligence and away from the company’s once-vaunted Zero Day capabilities. The question is whether Endgame would entirely abandon such a valuable asset. Answer: They’d rather not say. At the heart of … [Read more...]
TaiG iOS 8 Jailbreaks, Pwn2Own 2015 & Next Conquest for VUPEN
The “ides of March” promise exciting news: the latest iOS 8 jailbreak from China’s TaiG, the annual Pwn2Own contest at CanSecWest, and the possibility that VUPEN will show to claim the crown in zero days once again. Whether TaiG, VUPEN or another will emerge as Brutus to Apple’s Julius Caesar remains to be seen. One point worth remembering: Forget Shakespeare’s … [Read more...]