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PA Consulting Group is pleased to announce that it has acquired 7Safe Ltd, a leading cyber security consultancy head-quartered in Cambridge. 7Safe’s expertise in security risk assessment, computer forensics, eDiscovery and education complements PA’s own long-established cyber security, risk and resilience capability, which has been in high demand in securing […]
An alarming increase in cyber attacks have recently been seen in the UK, many incidents of which have been widely reported in the media. The issue has naturally drawn attention to the urgency for companies to improve their security measures. Ironically, the UK has seen a huge drop in the number of pupils undertaking computing […]
Head of Penetration Testing at 7safe Sumit Sidharth (Sid), was recently interviewed by the Pentest Magazine to provide insights into his specialism in application and database security. Speaking from over seven years of successful experience within the IT Security Industry, ‘Sid’ talks candidly about his contributions towards a number of white-papers, articl […]
A computer science student from Lancaster University has become the UK winner of the digital forensics challenge, a global competition designed and hosted by the US Department of Defense. Christopher Richardson (AKA Ikarus) came first in the UK and ninth internationally among 1,791 competitors from 52 countries. The challenge was designed to test the ability […]
The first sequel of this paper was released in 2010 and it discussed the privileges needed to execute OS code when exploiting a SQL Injection in a web application which has an Oracle back-end. This paper examines new techniques to execute multiple statements via SQL Injection. No special privileges are needed to use these techniques […]
Server Hardening, sometimes referred to as a build review, is a relatively new service offered by 7Safe. This service is designed to assist IT management and security teams with the task of creating and adhering to defined policies or rule sets, whilst still providing useable systems. Many modern operating systems have advanced security measures and […]
7Safe understands that your company information is a key asset and that protecting it is vital. Companies can spend large sums of money protecting the IT infrastructure on which the data is stored and processed, but can often overlook the weakest point of the system – the users. Social engineering is the process of manipulating […]
The illegal acquisition of multimedia by downloading streaming multimedia is one of the most common new developments in piracy but is yet to be responded to by the forensic community. YouTube Downloader (YTD) is currently the most prevalent software choice for illegally downloading multimedia content, assisting and supporting illegal downloading and multimed […]
7Safe is excited to announce another eagerly anticipated technology-focused PCI security event in collaboration with leading card acquirer, Barclaycard, on 29th September 2011 in London. Over 200 attendees are predicted to attend to hear valuable insights into Barclaycard’s new Risk Reduction Programme, a valid alternative to the traditional PCI DSS methodol […]
Editor-In-Chief of The Ethical Hacker Network, Donald Donzal, recently booked on to the launch of version 5 of the Certified Security Testing Associate (CSTA) ethical hacking certification course by 7Safe. As well as achieving a distinction in the exam, Don has taken the opportunity to offer a well balanced review of the course, titled ‘An […]