The Middle East region is leading changes in the blockchain world. It’s a great pleasure for the Hacken team to introduce our new partner – Infodriver Capital, the asset management fund and blockchain consulting company based in UAE and Panama. Infodriver Capital is cooperating with innovative blockchain projects and is providing them consulting services as
The Hacken team is proud to announce a new partnership with STORM Partners, Europe’s leading blockchain solution provider—based out of Montreux, Switzerland. This cooperation provides Hacken with the opportunity to gain vast exposure to the disruptive companies that STORM Partners serves in the blockchain and DeFi space—and to those entities that require expertise in cybersecurity
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have been heavily affecting businesses for the last 20 years. They have become one of the most powerful instruments in the hands of malicious actors striving to bring down targeted resources by overloading them with too much traffic. The malicious or unusual traffic may include requests for connections, incoming
Decentralized finance (DeFi) was created back in 2015, when the pioneer application, MakerDAO, allowed any crypto holders to take out loans in the DAI stablecoin. Years of steady growth followed and a palpable buzz around DeFi started to emerge in the crypto community, leading to the breakout year that was 2020. According to DeFi Pulse,
The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the public association “Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association” and the company Hacken have signed the memorandum providing for the cooperation of the parties in the field of research of the market for virtual assets in Ukraine. The research of the market for virtual assets in Ukraine
DHS warns against using Chinese hardware and digital services The DHS (US Department of Homeland Security) has published a “business advisory” warning US companies against using hardware equipment and digital services created or linked to Chinese companies. These Chinese products could contain backdoors, bug doors, or hidden data collection mechanisms that could be used by
What is WAF? Web application firewall (WAF) is a set of monitors and filters designed to detect and block network attacks on a web application. WAFs refer to the application layer of the OSI model. The web application firewall is used as a security tool. In real time, it decides whether to grant or deny
Ransomware attack at a German hospital leads to the death of a patient A man had a life-threatening condition and passed away after being forced to go to a more distant hospital because the nearest hospital was under a ransomware attack. German police contacted the ransomware operators via the ransom note instructions and explained that
Following our recent partnership with Gate.io, both Hacken and Gate.io have been looking for ways to further our relationship and enhance the cybersecurity of Gate.io’s products and services. Today, we are proud to announce the next phase; Gate.io is to further increase its cooperation with Hacken with the launch of the Gate.io Bug Bounty, held
