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Checkmarx receives $84M investment
Application security firm Checkmarx announced on Thursday it received an $84M investment from Insight Venture Partners.
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Checkmarx sold for $1.15 billion
The application security testing firm Checkmarx was acquired in a $1.15 billion deal by the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman. The company had been owned by Insight Partners, also a private equity firm, which plans to retain a substantial interest in Checkmarx. The company believes the deal will help keep it on a growth…
Vulnerabilities
Analysis finds high-risk vulnerabilities in four popular WordPress e-commerce plug-ins
A static code analysis of 12 commonly used WordPress e-commerce plug-ins found that at least four of them contained one or more high-risk vulnerabilities.
Reboot Leadership Awards 2019
Emmanuel Benzaquen – Checkmarx
Why Nominated: Checkmarx CEO Emmanuel Benzaquen led his company through another record fiscal year last year, with more than 60 percent year-over-year revenue growth – fueled by the addition of 400 new large-enterprise customers. Over the past year, he oversaw the launch of a new software exposure platform, an increase in head count, channel expansion and…
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SC Media Reboot Leadership Awards – Threat Seekers
Elisa Costante, Forescout Technologies Elisa Costante conducts research on critical infrastructure and industrial systems and then applies her findings toward the development of important technology solutions. Complete Profile… Erez Yalon, Checkmarx Erez Yalon’s he has put his talents and tools he had previously developed as an independent security researcher to work at Checkmarx to help…
Vulnerabilities
Two IP-enabled cameras full of flaws
Loftek DSS-2200 and VStarcam C7837WIP, manufactured in China and aimed at the consumer market, also can be pressed into service as botnets to execute distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
Reboot Leadership Awards 2019
Erez Yalon – Checkmarx
Why nominated: Erez Yalon’s he has put his talents and tools he had previously developed as an independent security researcher to work at Checkmarx to help find vulnerabilities at wide range of websites. This includes Tinder where he found security flaws could have allowed an attacker to monitor a user’s interaction with the app and…
Security News, Vulnerabilities
Google camera app flaw endangered millions of devices
A vulnerability in the Google Camera Application left millions of Google and Samsung smartphones open to being potentially abused potentially letting a malicious actor to take photos, download images and video and listen in to phone calls. The flaw, CVE-2019-2234, is a permission bypass issue that enables real-time access to a phone through the camera…
Application Security, Coronavirus, Mobile Security, Privacy & Compliance News and Analysis, Research, Security News, Web Services Security, E-Commerce Security
Device owners demand opt-out power from COVID-19 contact tracing apps
To encourage widespread acceptance of Bluetooth-based COVID-19 contact tracing applications, developers should allow consumers to opt out of data sharing at any time, and they should also be more forthcoming about their security efforts and data usage, according to the results of a new survey. For the study, Checkmarx polled 1,500 Americans and found that…
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SC Media Reboot Leadership Awards – Top Managers
Lorelei Chernyshov, Merrick Bank Driven by impending changes wrought by new regulations such as GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Lorelei Cheryshov has focused on leading the integration of information assets with cybersecurity practices to better manage sensitive data location, accessibility and storage at Merrick Bank. Complete Profile… Kevin von Keyserling, Keyfactor Since…