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Google Buys Secret Chrome Vulnerabilities From College Research Associate For $31,000
Luxemburg :: Luxembourg | 19 days ago
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The world of computer software vulnerabilities and exploits is a lucrative one. So found Ralf-Philipp Weinmann, a research associate at the University of Luxembourg's Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, when he reported
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Boasting leaves hackers vulnerable, researcher says
Stratford :: Canada | 26 days ago
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Hackers can send the world into a frenzy with a bogus White House bombing tweet, but a researcher says most of them risk capture because they can't resist boasting about their exploits. David Decary-Hetu of the University of Montreal found that most
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Russia : 18 dead after a coal mine exploit
At least 18 workers were killed on Monday as a result of an explosion at a coal mine in Vorkuta, a city in the north of the Arctic Circle . According to source at 14:20 Moscow time 18 people have died, 10 of which have already
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Dead Space cheat dents in-game fees
New York :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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Dead Space cheat undermines in-game micro-transactions Technology reporter Dead Space 3 is the first in the popular franchise to feature micro-transactions Exploits in the bestselling video game Dead Space 3 are allowing users to obtain in-game items
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Internet Mercenary Gives A Peek Into His Shadowy World
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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He's unassuming, even a little dweebish, but nonetheless Adriel Desautels represents a new breed of Internet mercenary that wields terrifying power across the world...Zero Days are bits of code that can penetrate, manipulate and/or incapacitate
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WordPress vulnerability opens the door to DDOS attacks
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
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46pm A vulnerability in the WordPress blogging platform may be exploited to stage distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), a security firm warned this week. The vulnerability tends to abuse WordPress' Pingback system, which many bloggers use
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Microsoft: We're investigating the Internet Explorer mouse-tracking vulnerability
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
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Yesterday, ad analytics company Spider.io said that Internet Explorer is vulnerable to a simple hack that enables attackers to see what your mouse is doing onscreen even when IE is minimized. Users don't have to download, install, or even agree to
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Cairo Criminal Court gives legal reasons of Egypt’s former PM illicit gaining charges
Egypt, October 15 – Cairo Criminal Court has elaborated on the grounds behind former prime minister Ahmed Nazeef's conviction on the charges that got him three years in jail and a nine million pounds fine.
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Google pays ‘hacker' Pinkie Pie $60K for cracking Chrome
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 7 months ago
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A youngster who goes by the name Pinkie Pie made $60,000 for hacking into Google today...This is the second time the teenaged reverse engineer enthusiast was able to collect the grand exploit prize from Google in less than a year. In order to take
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Cash for Chrome exploits: Google offers $2M in prizes for best hacks
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 9 months ago
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As security takes the spotlight, hackers are often touted as being both smarter and faster than the average white hat. Google isn't afraid to admit this, and wants to pay up to $2 million in prizes for that devastating exploit no matter what hat you
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