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CompSec Direct is a C4ISR firm specialized in Information/Cyber Security. SDVOB & MBE certified company comprised of former network operators from different sectors of the federal government. We are a Maryland CATS+ master contract holder and are looking for new business partnerships to pursue new opportunities.
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Odenton, MD, 21113
Data Mining PDF documents; using data conversion to reduce analysis time
Problem A month ago, we became aware of a way to harvest legal notifications from a government web-site. Link Here The web-server allows simple requests to be crafted in order to download PDF documents related [...]
Apache brute: A simple brute force deterrent for Linux
We published a simple script to help identify and block possible brute-force attempts on a Linux web-server. The script counts the amount of "bad-actions" an ip has logged in the Apache logs and blocks the [...]
Judicial branch of Puerto Rico exposes sensitive court documents
Problem CompSec Direct recently became aware of an information disclosure problem with the https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/lawyernotificationauthentication/ application used by the judicial branch of the Puerto Rico government. The application uses a weak sequential ID string that is [...]
CompSec Direct’s president presents ZigBee research at local security conference at Inner Harbor
Our President, Jose Fernandez, presented ZigBee research at Bsides Charm 2017 in Baltimore on April 29, 2017. The presentation, called Frony Fronius: Exploring ZigBee signals from SolarCity covered IoT (Internet of Threats) findings on commercial [...]
CompSec Direct receives media mentions as the result from incident response services offered to Hacienda of Puerto Rico
The Center of Investigative News (Centro de Periodismo Investigativo) published an excellent summary of events from the situation the department of Hacienda faced in early March of 2017. Our early involvement in this event helped [...]
CompSec Direct solicited for subject matter expertise on Incident Response for Hacienda of Puerto Rico
CompSec Direct was asked to provide incident response services to the department of Hacienda, the Treasury department of Puerto Rico, on March 7,2017. The department of Hacienda was experiencing daily losses of approximately $20 million [...]
