HDW Sec Cybersecurity Background
French Cybersecurity

HOW DO WE SECURE ?

The cyber threat has exploded in recent years. So has the cost of the consequences of a cyber attack. We have solutions for you.

10+
Years of experience
500+
Audits completed
100+
Satisfied clients

HDW Sec in a nutshell

We are a French company specializing in defensive and offensive cyber warfare. Drawing on the experience of its two founders and its team, HDW Sec provides its expertise to governments and major corporations.

To best ensure the cyber defense of companies and governments, our team offers a number of intellectual services to address concrete issues.

Label France Cybersecurity 2025

In January 2025, HDW SEC was awarded the France Cybersecurity Label for its penetration testing, training, and awareness services.

This official label, awarded by an independent jury, certifies the quality and reliability of our services, in accordance with the demanding specifications established by the France Cybersecurity framework.

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Our Services

Our services are modular and tailored to the specific needs of each client. Feel free to contact us for any inquiries.

Security Audits

We audit your network and software to help you detect and fix vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.

Social Engineering

We assess your users' security awareness by confronting them with realistic attack scenarios that blend technical and psychological methods.

Consulting

We assist you in managing the information security of your projects.

Training/Conferences

We train and educate your teams on all aspects of IT security (both technical and practical).

Our Products

Discover a selection of our security tools and solutions. Modular and integrable into your environment.

Data Leaks (Darknet)

Quickly identify your organization's sensitive data circulating on the darknet and receive actionable alerts.

Anti-Counterfeiting

Detect and take down websites selling counterfeit versions of your products with our monitoring engine and takedown procedures.

0-Day Portal

We give you access today to the vulnerabilities of tomorrow. Test your security mechanisms against new attacks.

Research & Development

We are passionate about cybersecurity and are committed to providing high-quality services to protect your digital assets.

Founding Members

Jean-Jamil KHALIFE

Jean-Jamil KHALIFE

Co-founder

Pierre DUTEIL

Pierre DUTEIL

Co-founder

Client Testimonials

"HDW secured our critical application by identifying major flaws and assisting us until the patches were deployed. We saw concrete results in less than two weeks."

Augustin Burg Co-founder of Ackero

"Evolution Energie edits an energy trading software solution for large corporations. Cybersecurity is a key driver for our developments and with HDW Sec we found the right partner to address these challenges"

Erwin Guizouarn CEO, Evolution Energie

"The experts at HDW identified critical vulnerabilities and proposed pragmatic solutions. It had a quick and concrete impact on our security posture."

Marc Leroy CTO, DataNova

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The Latest News on Our Blog

Netskope

Netskope Client Service Local Privilege Escalation

Jean-Jamil Khalife 2023/06/22 reverse / 0day

The Netskope client service running with NT\SYSTEM privileges accepts network connections from localhost to start various services and execute commands...

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Netgear

NETGEAR NIGHTHAWK UPNPD Pre-authentication BUFFER OVERFLOW

Jean-Jamil Khalife 2023/02/07 IoT / reverse / 0day

A global memory corruption vulnerability exists in the upnpd server. A specially-crafted SUBSCRIBE request can lead to a stack buffer overflow...

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MuPDF

MuPdf - 0day RCE

Jean-Jamil Khalife 2013/01/26 reverse / 0day

I was recently looking for an opensource cpp lightweight PDF and XPS viewer to play with and I found MuPDF. Here is how I discovered a remote code execution...

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75008 Paris, FRANCE