In the wake of a denial of service attack that bogged down sites like Twitter, Github, Reddit, Airbnb, and many others at various times on Friday, one company is recalling webcams that may have been used to aid hackers in taking these popular sites offline.
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Webcam Maker To Recall Products Linked To Last Week’s Internet Crash
By 10.24.16 — Updated: 10.31.16
Apple Launches Bug Bounty Program; Will Pay Up To $200K For Reports
By 8.5.16
Between iPhones, iPads, Mac computers, and other devices, hundreds of millions of people have sensitive personal information stored on Apple products. In an effort to ensure this info and other data remains secure, Apple has joined the ranks of companies publicly offering bug bounties to hackers who find and alert Apple of security flaws. [More]
Uber Hires Security Researchers Who Hacked A Jeep To Protect Its Self-Driving Cars From Cyber Attacks
By 8.31.15
As technology advances and our cars become more and more autonomous, they are also opened up more and more to a new danger that didn’t used to exist on the roads — hack attacks. To protect that new technology and reassure future customers that riding in self-driving cars can be safe, Uber has hired the same two vehicle security researchers who managed to remotely hack a Jeep earlier this summer. [More]
