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16 Nov 2012 by Dan Raywood, SC Magazine

Check Point dismisses firewall vulnerability research

Check Point has dismissed claims of flaws in its firewalls. Research from penetration testers ProCheckUp found a number of vulnerabilities in the market leading Check Point firewall device which it claimed could be used to carry out attacks on end-u...

13 Sep 2012 by Dan Raywood, SC Magazine

Dect phones revealed to be susceptible to sniffing attack

Failure to enable an encryption option in Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (Dect) phones can allow an attacker to overhear and record calls. This was demonstrated to SC Magazine by ProCheckUp researcher George Christopoulos. He said that...

15 Nov 2010 by Dan Raywood, SC Magazine

Number of victims of online fraud could be much higher than reported

Claims that ten per cent of the online UK population have been victims of fraud could be under-estimated. Commenting on last week's Online Fraud Barometer report by VeriSign Authentication, Richard Brain, technical director of ProCheckUp, said that...

02 Feb 2010 by Dan Raywood, SC Magazine

Google's financial incentives for vulnerability detection will be welcomed, but it may attract money-motivated non-technical people

Penetration testing company ProCheckUp has welcomed the announcement by Google to offer rewards for flaw identifications on Chrome. Penetration testing manager at ProCheckUp Jan Fry commented that Mozilla had been making such an effort for around ...

11 Dec 2009 by Dan Raywood, SC Magazine

Credit card fraud expected to rise at Christmas

With just two weeks to go until Christmas Day, research has revealed that nine out of ten companies will not be taking additional IT security precautions over the period. ProCheckUp warned companies that with increased traffic to e-commerce sites,...

09 Nov 2009 by Dan Raywood, SC Magazine

BBC disability site detected as being vulnerable to a cross site scripting attack

A BBC page has been detected as being at risk to cross site scripting (XSS). ProCheckUp has published a vulnerability showing that the Betsie (BBC education text to speech internet enhancer) page is vulnerable to XSS with the ability to inject mal...

19 Jan 2009 by Dan Raywood, SC Magazine

Companies should be prepared for employee sabotage

Companies should be prepared for employee sabotage A recent case of employee sabotage is the tip of the iceberg, according to one expert. Richard Brain, technical director for ProCheckUp, claimed that the case with Wand Corporation highlights the t...