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August 5, 2011

Friday, August 05, 2011 12:54 PM/CST

Diabetic Black Hat Researcher Hacks Insulin Pump

Black Hat attendees watched a researcher demonstrate how he could use a readily available USB device and an antenna to hack his insulin pump and glucose monitor

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.

May 19, 2011

Thursday, May 19, 2011 6:20 AM/CST

Siemens, DHS Ask Researcher to Cancel SCADA Vulnerabilities Talk

Siemens and Department of Homeland Security asked two independent researchers who were planning to discuss vulnerabilities in the industrial computers that control systems in nuclear facilities and power plants to cancel the presentation. Censorship?

April 29, 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011 10:43 AM/CST

German Software Company Threatens Security Researcher With Lawsuit

Another researcher runs afoul of German law when he disclosed a software vulnerability to the vendor.

April 20, 2011

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:31 AM/CST

Microsoft to Disclose Third Party Vulnerabilities

Microsoft will begin reporting bugs in other people's code, not just its own, to better secure the "Windows ecosystem."

February 28, 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011 5:19 PM/CST

Apple Asks Security Researchers to Test Mac OS X Lion

In an encouraging sign that it is taking Mac security very seriously, Apple is offering select security researchers free preview copies of Mac OS X Lion.

February 7, 2011

Monday, February 07, 2011 11:21 PM/CST

ZDI Releases Advisory on Unpatched Zero-Days

Hewlett-Packard's TippingPoint Zero-Day Initiative team issued an advisory Monday listing 22 zero-days it reported to vendors during the past six months that remain unpatched.

February 3, 2011

Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:12 AM/CST

Google Offers $20K Prize for Chrome Exploit in Pwn2Own Contest

Google is ponying up a $20,000 prize for the researcher who wins the Pwn2Own contest.

December 21, 2010

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 1:49 PM/CST

HP Issues Security Patch for Storage Mirroring Software

HP has patched a vulnerability in its StrorageWorks Storage Mirroring software.

November 5, 2010

Friday, November 05, 2010 6:54 PM/CST

Adobe Investigates Reader Security Flaw Report

Adobe is looking into a report of a denial-of-service bug in Adobe Reader.

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