United to award miles to security researchers who discover bugs
If you’re a security expert and fond of traveling, United Airlines’ new bug bounty program will likely be of interest. Companies such as Google, …
Chinese hackers hid malware attack controls in Microsoft TechNet comments
Microsoft has taken steps to stop a China-based hacking group from using its TechNet website as part of its attack infrastructure, according to security …
Is there such a thing as ethical hacking?
I remember the day the laptop arrived by UPS. I was working in a summer office and had a view of a beautiful lake …
Net Neutrality: Anonymous brings down TRAI website after 1mn email IDs made public
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) website has been brought down by Anonymous India, according to the latter’s Twitter timeline. At the moment, …
Google rejecting 59 percent of right-to-be-forgotten removal requests
It was a year ago Wednesday that the European Court of Justice ruled that search engines must remove links from their search results if …
Attorney: Spy chief had ‘forgotten’ about NSA program when he misled Congress
Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper wasn’t lying when he wrongly told Congress in 2013 that the government does not “wittingly” collect information about …
Visitors to top adult sites hit by malvertising attack
In the latest attack involving malicious advertisements, hackers managed to launch Flash Player exploits against the visitors of several popular porn websites. It’s not …
Second HTTPS snooping flaw breaks security for thousands of iOS apps
Attackers can potentially snoop on the encrypted traffic of over 25,000 iOS applications due to a vulnerability in a popular open-source networking library. The …
Facebook tracks all site visitors, violating EU law, report says
Facebook tracks everyone who visits its site, including people who don’t have an account, and continues to track users and non-users who have opted …
US offers rewards for fugitive Russian hackers
The U.S. government is offering multimillion-dollar rewards for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of two alleged Russian hackers. Both were indicted …
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