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January 24, 2012

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:36 PM/CST

HP TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative Modifies Pwn2Own Rules

Pwn2Own hacking contest has been modified to drop mobile devices and to make it a fairer competition than the previous winner-takes-all model.

August 3, 2011

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 3:29 AM/CST

Facebook Joins Google, Mozilla, Barracuda in Paying Bug Bounties

Facebook is the latest cloud computing company to implement a bug bounty program that offers a cash reward to encourage researchers to report vulnerabilities in the social network's Web site and applications.

April 25, 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011 4:27 PM/CST

Oracle Fixes Java.com Security Flaw

When ethical hacking group YGN reached out to Oracle about a security flaw on java.com, the database giant responded by fixing it. The company was also gracious about it.

March 28, 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011 11:04 PM/CST

McAfee.com Full of Unfixed Security Vulnerabilities

In an egg-on-the-face moment for McAfee, a team of ethical hackers have exposed a number of security flaws on McAfee.com, including cross-site-scripting bugs.

December 15, 2010

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 9:57 PM/CST

Mozilla Expands Bug Rewards Program

Mozilla expands its bug rewards program to cover Web applications discovered on some of its Websites.

August 3, 2010

Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:39 PM/CST

HP Changes TippingPoint ZDI Disclosure Policy

HP announced changes to the disclosure policy for its TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative to give vendors a firm deadline to deal with vulnerabilities.

March 10, 2010

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:04 AM/CST

Industry Frets Over Software Security

According to a survey of IT security pros carried out at last week's RSA Security Conference, people are more concerned than ever with addressing exploitable vulnerabilities in the software programs they use.

February 28, 2010

Sunday, February 28, 2010 2:00 PM/CST

RSA Preview: Five Years In and Going Strong

RSA Conference is always an interesting show, what 2010 will bring should be no exception, and it's about that time again.

February 23, 2010

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:13 AM/CST

Researchers Show Off Smartphone Attacks

Researchers from Rutgers University are demonstrating a new proof-of-concept for loading rootkits on smartphone devices, attacks that could allow for eavesdropping or even tracking of users.

August 26, 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:31 AM/CST

Survey: Hackers on Vacation Before Q4 Saturation

Malicious hackers like to take off during Q3, much like their adversaries in IT security, before putting the hammer down over the holidays.

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