T-Mobile patched a vulnerability on its website last week that could have exposed the personal information — including email addresses, account numbers, and other data — of its 76 million users. [More]
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Private Firm Outdoes Apple, Offers $500K To Hackers Who Find Flaws In iPhone
A week after Apple finally announced its first bug bounty program, promising to hand over up to $200,000 to hackers who find and alert Apple about security flaws, a private exploit trading firm is offering security researchers a better deal for their vulnerability intel on the tech giant: up to $500,000. [More]
Dutch Teen Collects One Million United Airlines Miles For Finding Security Flaws
Next time you’re sitting on a United Airlines flight next to a European teenager getting the royal treatment, it could be the latest young hacker to figure out a security flaw in the airline’s network. [More]
Government Asking People To “Hack The Pentagon” To Find Security Flaws
The Pentagon is joining a long list of companies and organizations in opening the door to hackers by asking for the public’s help in testing the cybersecurity infrastructure of some of its websites. [More]
Google Bestows “Bug Bounty” On Guy Who Successfully Bought And Owned Google.com (For A Few Minutes)
We all know the old saying: ‘Tis better to have owned a major technological giant’s domain name briefly and lost it, than to have never owned a major technological giant’s domain name at all. A guy who successfully purchased Google.com and held onto it for a few minutes was rewarded for his efforts by way of a “bug bounty” from Google. [More]
Tesla Will Pay You Up To $1000 To Break Their Website — But Don’t Try It On The Cars
If there is one truism we can count on in the digital era, it is that everything has bugs. No matter how carefully designed or nominally secure something is, someone, somewhere, can find a vulnerability in it. [More]