Yesterday, WordPress announced another security release, urging all users to update all WordPress installations immediately. WordPress Security Release 4.2.1Â fixes yet another Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, which allows an unauthenticated user to inject JavaScript in WordPress comments. The injected script can be affect both…
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Invicti helps Sendy discover and remediate their vulnerabilities
âInvicti allowed us to identify some major vulnerabilities before hackers were able to exploit them. This has made Sendy a far more secure application and hugely reduced the risk of us being breached.â Ben Ho, Developer, Sendy Sendy is a self hosted email newsletter application…
PCI Security Council presses companies to switch to TLS
The PCI Security Council recently confirmed that the upcoming update to the PCI DSS guidelines, version 3.1 will include a change pressing companies to switch to TLS web encryption as opposed to the outdated SSL. This is mainly a response to Heartbleed, ShellShock and POODLE,…
Invicti Dishes Out Security Solution to Catertrax
Catertrax, one of Invicti’ valued clients, have recently provided us with a case study of their use of the scanner and how it helps them to maintain their security and reassure their customers. âInvicti has helped make our application stronger and given our clients the…
Invicti represented at national conference in Portugal
On 9, 10 April Invicti partner RedShift consulting participated in the 1st NATO Cyber Defence Projectsâs Conference âA Smart Approach to a Smarter Cyber Defenceâ in Portugal. The event aimed to enhance and reinforce international cooperation by stimulating the involvement of academia and industry at the NATO and National…
Heartbleed still affecting over 70% of top organisations
Despite first being disclosed in April of 2014, it seems that many of the top global organisations are still exposed to the Heartbleed vulnerability. In reports from threat intelligence agencies and the University of Maryland, estimates of susceptibility among the top 2000 global organisations ranges…
Invicti attending CeBIT 2015 in Sydney
Invicti, will be exhibiting at CeBIT, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia between 5-7 May 2015. Register Now with Promo Code acundk, selecting the expo+ pass to receive: A complimentary entry to the expo Access to one campus session Complimentary train ticket to/from Sydney Olympic Park. What’s On…
Invicti Network Scans Defend against Trojans and Backdoors
The task of keeping the systems running on the network perimeter and all the services exposed on the internet is substantial and ongoing. Considering that most network admins are time-starved, they canât always be blamed for missing the latest security update for their software. A…
Cyber Security and the Data Protection Act
Records management company Iron Mountain have just published a report on public sector agencies, revealing that around 40% have suffered a data breach. It also noted that information security teams are under-resourced, lacking in the required skills or are performing roles above their grade. Considering…