Hackers publish patient data stolen from two US hospital chains

The Florida-based Leon Medical Center and Nocona General Hospital in Texas have suffered attacks from hackers that have resulted in extensive information about their patients being published on the internet.

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Thanks for finding a critical bug. Have a $1.5 million bounty, and our CTO will get a tattoo of anything you like

It’s not that unusual for a company to reward you handsomely if you find a vulnerability that could have lost them millions of dollars, but it’s not often you also get the CTO offering to get a tattoo in your honour… Continue reading Thanks for finding a critical bug. Have a $1.5 million bounty, and our CTO will get a tattoo of anything you like

Sloppy vendor patches are a breeding ground for zero-day exploits, says Google

Security researchers at Google have claimed that a quarter of all zero-day software exploits could have been avoided if more effort had been made by vendors when creating patches for vulnerabilities in their software.

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Sloppy patches are a breeding ground for zero-day exploits, says Google

Security researchers at Google have claimed that a quarter of all zero-day software exploits could have been avoided if more effort had been made by vendors when creating patches for vulnerabilities in their software. In a blog post, Maddie Stone of Go… Continue reading Sloppy patches are a breeding ground for zero-day exploits, says Google