Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:36 PM/CST
Pwn2Own hacking contest has been modified to drop mobile devices and to make it a fairer competition than the previous winner-takes-all model.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 3:29 AM/CST
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.
Monday, April 25, 2011 4:27 PM/CST
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.
Monday, March 28, 2011 11:04 PM/CST
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.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 9:57 PM/CST
Mozilla expands its bug rewards program to cover Web applications discovered on some of its Websites.
Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:39 PM/CST
HP announced changes to the disclosure policy for its TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative to give vendors a firm deadline to deal with vulnerabilities.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:04 AM/CST
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.
Sunday, February 28, 2010 2:00 PM/CST
RSA Conference is always an interesting show, what 2010 will bring should be no exception, and it's about that time again.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:13 AM/CST
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.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:31 AM/CST
Malicious hackers like to take off during Q3, much like their adversaries in IT security, before putting the hammer down over the holidays.