Syhunt
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| Type | Privately held |
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| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters |  Brazil |
| Key people | Felipe M. Aragon, President |
| Industry | Software, Web Application Security |
| Products | Sandcat, Sandcat Professional, Apache/PHP Hardener |
| Revenue | Not disclosed |
| Employees | Unknown |
| Website | www.syhunt.com |
Syhunt is a world wide web network security software company with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Syhunt was founded on August, 2003, by Felipe Aragon and Lilly Moniz[1]. The company's operations are currently centered on the development of products relating to the assessment of web servers and web applications.
Prior to founding Syhunt, Felipe Aragon released BPS[2], an anti-trojan software, and worked as security consultant for a multinational security company[3] [4] and Latin America security firms[5].
In 2003, Syhunt released Sandcat, a web application security assessment software. Syhunt has also produced a number of utilities, including worm removal tools (during the Nimda and Code Red virus outbreaks), an Apache/PHP hardening tool, a log analysis tool and a front-end application for Nmap.
Today Syhunt is one of the world's few companies which provides products and services in the web application security assessment field[6][7] and one of the 149 organizations participating the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) [8] initiative, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The company claims that Sandcat is the first web application security scanner to check for MX Injection, a new web application vulnerability class.
Syhunt is also participating the Mitre's Common Weakness Enumeration [1] (CWE) initiative and contributing to the global adoption of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), the SANS Institute standards[9] and the Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB). Recently the company started contributing to the OSVDB development.
Syhunt has filed several patents and has many large customers. Organizations utilizing Syhunt technology include Cybertrust, Scotiabank, Cogeco, Manulife Financial, and KPMG[10]. The company remains privately held.
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[edit] Products
[edit] Sandcat
Sandcat is a web application security assessment software. Versions of Sandcat have been distributed via various affiliates. The product's name is based on the sandcat, a very intelligent wildcat species, which is known for having excellent digging capabilities.
[edit] Other products
- Apache/PHP Hardener (2003) - web server hardening software
- LAT (2003) - log analysis tool
[edit] External links
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Syhunt Technology: About Syhunt (.htm). Syhunt. Retrieved on January 23, 2007.
- ^ Trojans (.htm). NB. Retrieved on February 8, 2007.
- ^ Syhunt Technology: Company Management (.htm). Syhunt. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ Artigos publicados (.htm). Virinfo. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ Arquivo InfoGuerra (.htm). InfoGuerra. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ OWASP AppSec 2004 Presentation (.ppt). OWASP. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ Hacking Exposed Web Applications (.htm). Hacking Exposed. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ CVE - Organizations participating (.htm). CVE. Retrieved on January 23, 2007.
- ^ Interview with Syhunt CEO on web application security (.htm). ITWorld. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ Syhunt Technology - Notable Customers (.htm). Syhunt. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
