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It’s nearly time for HackEire at Realex Payments

November 26, 2012  |  Written by Security Ninja  |   Application Security, Hacking, Ninja News and Updates   |   Leave a comment

Hi everyone, I just wanted to write a quick blog post to remind people it’s nearly time for HackEire here at Realex Payments! It seems a long time ago since we first announced we were working with Mark Hillick and 7Elements to host HackEire but now it’s nearly time for the hacking! As I mentioned in our announcement last month Mark Hillick will be bringing a modified version of his HackEire CTF for attendees to … Read more >

HackEire at Realex Payments

October 2, 2012  |  Written by Security Ninja  |   Application Security, Hacking, Ninja News and Updates   |   Leave a comment

Hi everyone, On the 29th November, Realex will be hosting a small Capture The Flag game with a couple of important differences from other Capture The Flags you may have seen or participated in. We are delighted to announce that David Stubley will be joining us against as well as Mark Hillick. Mark is a Senior Engineer at 10gen and a founder of the HackEire CTF so he will be bringing his experience as a … Read more >

Exploitable Mobile App Challenge

June 6, 2011  |  Written by Security Ninja  |   Application Security, Hacking   |   Leave a comment

Hi everyone, I just wanted to write a quick blog post today about the Exploitable Mobile App Challenge being run by nVisium Security. I’ve been invited to be a judge for this challenge and I think it is a great idea. Jack Mannino has made some great prizes available for those who enter and hopefully win! Although the prizes are great reason alone to enter Jack and nVisium will be donating all of the applications … Read more >

Security weaknesses in airport internet kiosks

September 21, 2010  |  Written by admin  |   Data Loss, Hacking   |   4 Comments

Hi everyone, When asked about information security and defense in depth many people only think about technical controls, they will talk about technical controls such as Firewalls, IDS/IPS devices, network segregation and so on but physical security is a critical step often overlooked by many information security professionals. No matter how well you segregate your network, how you harden your systems or what authentication methods you have implemented if physical security controls fail or don’t … Read more >

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