Penetration Testing
Cybersecurity, Penetration Testing, Video Games,
Cyrex and Common Console Security Vulnerabilities
While it’s been mentioned in several of our articles, consoles and console security has seemingly been neglected in our published work. For those out there who are looking for gold standard cybersecurity and load testing services on console, look no further than Cyrex. Our suite of penetration testing and load testing services are available on all platforms, from console to ...
31 October 2024
Load Testing, Penetration Testing, Video Games,
Cybersecurity and Load Testing: Evolving Gaming Landscape in 2024 & 2025
There’s been some phenomenal evolutions and changes in the gaming landscape over the past five to ten years. Huge leaps in technology, the rise of photorealism, the rise of the battle royale and the live service model. With all of these, the gaming industry has flourished and grown exponentially. As experts in cybersecurity and load testing, we watched the rising ...
1 August 2024
Penetration Testing, Video Games,
More Games-related Bugs: Cyrex Engineers at Work
It’s time to delve back into the expert hacking world of Cyrex’ security engineers as they tackle security vulnerabilities and hunt down bug bounties in their spare time! We’re joining Hazem Elsayad again, our Lead Offensive Security Engineer for the Cyrex team, as he documents his impressive progress on his blog, Hacktus! This time, Hazem leads us through some ...
19 June 2024
Penetration Testing, Security, Video Games,
The Truth of iOS Game Hacking in 2024
A common concept that comes up regarding hacking mobile and handheld devices is that iOS is innately more secure than Android. Now, in part, there is some truth to this. iOS hacking and iOS game hacking does have several barriers of entry to it, requiring a jailbroken iOS device to even begin the attempt. It’s also a closed system and ...
30 May 2024
Penetration Testing, Security,
NIS2 Security Directive Compliance: Everything Essential Entities Need to Know
Is your organisation prepared for the evolving cybersecurity landscape? The European Union recently introduced the NIS 2 Directive (NIS2) in 2023. This significant update to the original NIS Directive aims to strengthen the cybersecurity posture of essential entities across critical sectors. This article provides a clear overview of NIS2 and its implications for your organisation. We’ll also explore how Cyrex, ...
26 March 2024
Penetration Testing, Security,
DORA Compliance: Fortify Finance with Penetration Testing
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), a new EU regulation enforcing stricter IT risk management procedures, will go into effect in January 2025 to protect financial systems from disruptions and cyberattacks. With cyberattacks on financial institutions on the rise, the average cost of a data breach in the financial industry worldwide reached a staggering 5.9 million U.S. dollars in 2023. ...
26 March 2024
Bug Bounty, Penetration Testing, Security,
Bug Bounty Write-Up: Cyrex Engineers at Work
We often say that at Cyrex, our team live and breath cybersecurity and it’s no exaggeration! Our security engineers often seek out bug bounties and other challenges to support their ongoing careers and cybersecurity efforts. In this ongoing series, we’ll dive into some of the write-ups from our security engineers and show you a little of the talent that makes ...
11 January 2024