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Monday, November 11 2019 - 19:00
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Swascan Collaborates With Video Conferencing Provider to Proactively Address Software Vulnerability
MILAN, Nov. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

The landscape of Cyber Security is quickly changing. More and more perils 
spring up everyday, that's why it is more important than ever to cultivate the 
practice of a Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure.

Swascan is quickly becoming the European authority in this field, thanks to the 
recognition obtained with its collaborations in this field with Adobe, 
Microsoft, Lenovo, Huawei, SAP, Nokia and now GoToMeeting, to proactively 
address software vulnerability.

Thanks to its expertise, the team of cyber researchers of the Italian firm has 
brought to light some critical issues related to some Web applications of one 
of the leading online meeting, desktop sharing and video conferencing software 
on the market today.

Taking Cyber Security risks head-on

Swascan is the Cyber Security company founded by Pierguido Iezzi and Raoul 
Chiesa; the first in Italy to offer a cloud-based Cyber Security Testing 
platform that allows to identify, analyze and solve the vulnerabilities of 
websites and information infrastructures alike, no doubt one of the most 
critical points of impact for any type of business.

The activity carried out by the Swascan team highlighted some potential issues 
that could have been exploited by Criminal hackers to impact GoToMeeting.

After the identification of these vulnerabilities, the experts shared their 
findings with the video conferencing tool software PSIRT through a Responsible 
Vulnerability Disclosure containing all the information necessary for the 
remediation activity. GoToMeeting has since decommissioned the server that 
could have caused potential issues, which completely eliminates this risk for 
GoToMeeting users.

As mentioned, the criticalities discovered could have impacted the business 
continuity, the security of data and information of users and the regular 
operation of services.

The key is transparency

The key to any Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure activity is precisely the 
collaboration between Cyber security providers and service providers.

A philosophy embraced by Swascan's Co-Founder Pierguido Iezzi who underlined: 
"Finally, the world of Cyber security is experiencing a sort of 'thaw' in 
favour of the principle of collaboration between the various players, until a 
few years ago a real taboo. We are extremely pleased with the timely and 
professional collaboration between Swascan and LogMeIn, makers of 
GoToMeeting."  

You can read the full details of the activity on Swacan's blog by clicking here.

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Contact
Swascan Team
+39 0278620700
info@swascan.com 

Source: Swascan Team
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