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A new survey suggests that security is becoming more important for enterprises, but they’re still falling back on old “security by obscurity” ways. Continue reading Most Orgs Would Take Security Bugs Over Ethical Hacking Help
The vulnerability affects all unpatched Windows 10 versions following a messy Microsoft January update. Continue reading Public Exploit Released for Windows 10 Bug
The researcher found that he could gain unauthorized camera access via a shared iCloud document that could also “hack every website you’ve ever visited.”
Continue reading Apple Pays $100.5K Bug Bounty for Mac Webcam Hack
The European Union is, once again, calling on bug hunters to delve into specific open source software and report bugs. This time around, the list of software that should be probed for weaknesses includes: LibreOffice – a free office suite Mastodo… Continue reading EU launches bug bounty programs for five open source solutions
Companies must take more ‘innovative and proactive’ approaches to security in 2022 to combat threats that emerged last year, researchers said. Continue reading Organizations Face a ‘Losing Battle’ Against Vulnerabilities
When loggin in to a website, A Bearer token is generated and echoed back from the server in a JSON reponse. After this, each request sends the generated token in the Authorization: BEarer header.
However, there is a API endpoint which ref… Continue reading CORS request is not sending Authorization: Bearer <value> header
On September 29, HackerOne announced the latest version of its Internet Bug Bounty (IBB) program. This initiative helped to coordinate the discovery of more than 1,000 security weaknesses in open-source software between 2013 and 2021. HackerOne’s latest version aims to expand the reach of the program even further by pooling defenses from existing bug bounties, […]
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The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is inviting security researchers to uncover vulnerabilities and hack into its systems, in an attempt to better protect itself from malicious attacks.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire Sta… Continue reading The DHS is inviting hackers to break into its systems, but there are rules of engagement
The Homeland Security Department is launching a bug bounty program to invite researchers to probe its systems for flaws, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday. Under the “Hack DHS” initiative Mayorkas discussed at the Bloomberg Technology Summit, ethical hackers would receive between $500 and $5,000 for identifying vulnerabilities, depending on their severity. The department would verify flaws within 48 hours and fix them within 15 days, or for complex bugs, develop a plan to do so during that period. “We’re focused not only on protecting and enhancing the cybersecurity of the private sector and of the federal government at large but, of course, we as a department have to lead by example and so what we are very focused on is identifying vulnerabilities and addressing or remediating those vulnerabilities,” Mayorkas said. DHS is later to the bug bounty trend than some other federal agencies, with the Defense Department initiating its […]
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Hackers have reported over 66,000 valid vulnerabilities this year – over 20% more than 2020 – with hacker-powered pentests seeing a 264% increase in reported vulnerabilities, HackerOne has announced. Pandemic-led digital transformation and … Continue reading Hacker-powered pentests gaining momentum