Sadik Shaikh

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About Sadik Shaikh

Mr. Sadik Shaikh is a Technology Evangelist and associated with numerous government and private organizations in Information Security and Cyber Forensics since past sixteen years. He carries a robust technical experience in VAPT for Network, Cloud, Scada, Mobile and Web Applications. He has conducted more than 300+ successful pentest projects. He is acknowledged and listed in "Hackers Hall Of Fame" for finding several security flaws in Department of Defense (DoD), European Cert, Netherland Cert, United Nations, NCIIPC, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Yahoo, Twitter, AOL, Amazon, Accenture, Intel, Dell, Lenovo, Mozilla, Opera, Oracle, Mastercard, Western Union, SAP, Sony, Sophos, Rapid7, Alien Vault, eBay, OLX, ISC2, SANS, Blackberry, Vodafone, HTC, AT&T, Nokia, Netgear, Huawei and several of the other 50 plus top Fortune companies. He is an expert and consultant for the Police Department and Defence in solving Cyber Terrorism Cases. He is on CEH Review Board, ECSA/LPT Review Board, CND Review Board, and CAST Review Board. He is MPhil, MCA, MBA(IT), PG Diploma in Cyber Security, PG Diploma in Forensic Science and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Cyber Security. He is certified for CCNA, CCNA Security, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, SCJP, CCI, CEI, CND, CTIA, CEH, ECSA, CHFI, CAST 611, CAST 612, CISM, ISO 27001:2013, Certified Block Chain Expert. He is awarded with BugCrowd MVP and has trained top corporate personnel of Symantec, Quick Heal, BMC Software, Wipro, Cognizant, Syntel, Infosys, Intel, Dell, Fujitsu, Atos, HCL, Accenture, Zensar, Cybage, Samsung, TCS, L&T, John Deere and other 50 plus top Fortune companies. He actively works with DRDO, National Defence Academy - Pune, Pune Police, CID & ATS - Maharashtra. Connect him @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sadikshaikh

Huawei goes all Art of War on us: Switches on ‘battle mode’ and vows to ‘dominate the world’

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An internal memo to Huawei staff sent by boss Ren Zhengfei is long on military metaphors and warns that the company needs to go into “battle mode” to counter trade barriers put up by the United States.

Ren said that […]

By |August 21st, 2019|Cyber News|

Breaker, breaker. Apple’s iOS 12.4 update breaks jailbreak break, un-breaks the break. 10-4

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iPhone hackers have discovered Apple’s most recent iOS update, 12.4, released in July, accidentally reopened a code-execution vulnerability that was previously patched – a vulnerability that can be abused to jail-break iThings.

Pwn20wnd, the developer of the iPhone jail-breaking tool unc0ver, […]

By |August 20th, 2019|Cyber News|

The Pwn Star State: Nearly two dozen Texas towns targeted by tiresome ransomware

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Twenty-three towns in Texas have been targeted with ransomware in what appears to be a coordinated attack.

On Friday, the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR), which handles state IT operations, said at least twenty local government entities had been affected.

The following […]

By |August 20th, 2019|Cyber News|

Dear Planet Earth: Patch Webmin now – zero-day exploit emerges for potential hijack hole in server control panel

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Updated The maintainers of Webmin – an open-source application for system-administration tasks on Unix-flavored systems – have released Webmin version 1.930 and the related Usermin version 1.780 to patch a vulnerability that can be exploited to achieve remote code execution in certain […]

By |August 20th, 2019|Cyber News|

Teen TalkTalk hacker ordered to pay £400k after hijacking popular Instagram account

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One of the crew who hacked TalkTalk has been ordered to hand over £400,000 after seizing control of a high-profile Instagram account following a hack on Aussie telco Telstra.

Elliott Gunton, 19, pleaded guilty to breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention […]

By |August 20th, 2019|Cyber News|

KNOB turns up the heat on Bluetooth encryption, hotels leak guest info, city hands $1m to crook, and much, much more

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Roundup Let’s run through all the bits and bytes of security news beyond what we’ve already covered. Also, don’t forget our articles from this year’s Black Hat, DEF CON, and BSides Las Vegas conferences in the American desert.

KNOB opens door to Bluetooth snooping: Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday […]

By |August 20th, 2019|Cyber News|

iFrame clickjacking countermeasures appear in Chrome source code. And it only took *checks calendar* three years

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Three years ago, Google software engineer Ali Juma proposed that Chrome should be modified to ignore recently moved iframe elements on web pages as a defense against clickjacking.

Clickjacking, a form of online attack also known as user-interface redressing, involves […]

By |August 20th, 2019|Cyber News|

Subcontractor’s track record under spotlight as London Mayoral e-counting costs spiral

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Concerns have been raised over a key supplier of an e-counting system for the London Mayoral elections in 2020.

The contract, split between Canadaian integrator CGI and Venezuelan-owned Smartmatic, will cost nearly £9m – more than double the cost of […]

By |August 20th, 2019|Cyber News|

Broadcom Makes $10.7 Billion Deal to Buy Symantec’s Corporate-Focused Security Business

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Credits: Wall Street

Broadcom Inc. struck a $10.7 billion deal to buy Symantec Corp. ’s enterprise security business, as it steps up efforts to expand beyond chip making.

Semiconductor maker Broadcom, which has a history of acquisitions, said Thursday the cash acquisition was the next logical step in […]

By |August 9th, 2019|Cyber News|

You can easily secure America’s e-voting systems tomorrow. Use paper – Bruce Schneier

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Black Hat While various high-tech solutions to secure electronic voting systems are being touted this week to election officials across the United States, according to infosec guru Bruce Schneier there is only one tried-and-tested approach that should be considered: pen […]

By |August 9th, 2019|Cyber News|