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Intel Pays Out Highest Bug Bounty Yet at $100,000
Highest Intel Bug Bounty Payout Yet Vladimir Kiriansky from MIT became the recipient of the highest payout from Intel‘s Bug Bounty Program recently. He has received $100,000 USD for his efforts. While $20,000 or $30,000 bug bounty payouts are not rare, a pay out in the six figures is big…
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Intel Delays Patches for Spectre-NG Vulnerabilities
Intel’s Spectre Nightmare is Far From Over Bad news for Intel as security researchers have discovered eight new “Spectre-class” vulnerabilities in their processors. These are the next-generation independent from the original Spectre vulnerabilities. This is goes by appropriately as ‘Spectre-NG’, and it could also affect a small number of ARM…
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Netflix Opens Bug Bounty Program Worth Up to $15,000 USD
Using Hacking Skills for Good (and Profit) Netflix has launched their public bug bounty program, offering $1oo to $15,000 USD (hard cap) for each find. The invitation is open to everyone including researchers and white hat hackers to try and find vulnerabilities in their platform. Netflix has actually been accepting…
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Microsoft Extends $15,000 per-Bug Bounty Program
Microsoft is extending their MS Office Bounty Program until the end of 2017. The program originally was only to last until June 15. However, the software giant is happy with their engagement with the security community that an extension makes sense. The program’s introduction in March includes a $500 minimum…
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Millions of Android Devices Potentially at Risk Because of Qualcomm Flaw
A little while ago, a team of researchers from Checkpoint Security has uncovered a total of four vulnerabilities in Qualcomm chips, and it looks like these vulnerabilities could be serious enough to allow hackers to take control of Android devices powered by these chips. The flaws were collectively named “Quadrooter,” and…
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Apple Starts Invite Only Bug-Bounty Program
Companies are looking at increasing their security, working on finding and dealing with problems as they occur. One way companies are looking at addressing these issues is through bug-bounty programs. Apple is looking at starting to their own while but with an invite-only twist. Apple’s new scheme was announced at…
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Samsung’s Smart Home Vulnerabilities Give Keys to Hackers
Connected technology makes life easier for everyone, being able to talk to friends from your watch or call your car to drive up and pick you up from the side of the road. The disadvantage of all this connected technology is that it leaves you open to those who want…
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FBI Warns That Cars Are Increasingly Vulnerable to Hacks
It’s no surprise that hackers have taken an interest in connected vehicles, but not everyone is actually aware of their cars’ vulnerabilities. That’s why the FBI has decided to make a public service announcement alongside the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in which it warns people of the dangers…
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Which Companies Had The Most Security Vulnerabilities In 2015?
Cyber security is a hot topic and the rise of attacks which looks to exploit security flaws within a company’s software is becoming increasingly commonplace within the tech world. CVE Details have thus released its rundown of the most security vulnerabilities in a variety of software products for 2015 and…
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How Bad Are Adobe Flash Bug Repair Stats?
It’s safe to say Adobe flash did not have the best of years, from crashes, hacks, crashes, vulnerabilities and, yes more crashes, many in the industry doubt whether this will be the year Adobe finally pulls the plug. It seems the ill-fated Flash player is constantly being fixed, but, how…
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Mac OS X and iOS More Vunerable than Windows and Linux, Surprised?
With the recent increase in sales of all things Apple, its once strong perception of being very secure is losing steam, especially thanks to the sale over notebooks and iPhones. In a recent report from GFI, both OS X and iOS are the leaders for vulnerabilities. Surprisingly all Windows distributions…
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