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Flashpoint Advisors are former big four accountants and consultants focused on serving small private businesses. Our passion is working with business owners to improve their access to reliable and timely financial information, M&A strategies, and growth capital. http://www.flashpointadvisors.com
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Listed on the JSE and the NSX, FirstRand Limited is the largest financial institution by market capitalisation in Africa. The group provides a comprehensive range of financial services in South Africa and certain markets in broader Africa. It also offers certain niche products and services in the UK and India. FirstRand follows a multi-branding approach. Its portfolio of financial services businesses include FNB, RMB, WesBank, Ashburton Investments, Aldermore, MotoNovo, DirectAxis and MotoVantage. Many are leaders in their respective segments and markets, offering transactional, lending, investment and insurance products and services The FirstRand Corporate Centre houses many of the critical functions required by a large and complex financial services group.
Security & Compliance Standards Overview
No incidents recorded for Flashpoint Advisors in 2025.
No incidents recorded for FirstRand in 2025.
Flashpoint Advisors cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries
FirstRand cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries
Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company
Improper Protection Against Voltage and Clock Glitches in FPGA devices, could allow an attacker with physical access to undervolt the platform resulting in a loss of confidentiality.
Malicious code was inserted into the Nx (build system) package and several related plugins. The tampered package was published to the npm software registry, via a supply-chain attack. Affected versions contain code that scans the file system, collects credentials, and posts them to GitHub as a repo under user's accounts.
Flag Forge is a Capture The Flag (CTF) platform. In versions from 2.1.0 to before 2.3.0, the API endpoint GET /api/problems/:id returns challenge hints in plaintext within the question object, regardless of whether the user has unlocked them via point deduction. Users can view all hints for free, undermining the business logic of the platform and reducing the integrity of the challenge system. This issue has been patched in version 2.3.0.
Flag Forge is a Capture The Flag (CTF) platform. In version 2.1.0, the /api/admin/assign-badge endpoint lacks proper access control, allowing any authenticated user to assign high-privilege badges (e.g., Staff) to themselves. This could lead to privilege escalation and impersonation of administrative roles. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.0.
parse is a package designed to parse JavaScript SDK. A Prototype Pollution vulnerability in the SingleInstanceStateController.initializeState function of parse version 5.3.0 and before allows attackers to inject properties on Object.prototype via supplying a crafted payload, causing denial of service (DoS) as the minimum consequence.
