Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Popular customer review service Yelp launched a new public bug bounty programme on 6 September, calling on white-hat hackers and security researchers to trawl through its websites and mobile app for security vulnerabilities that could potentially affect its users and The…
4chan Advertize $20 bounty programme after facing attack twice
After facing the attacks twice on image-board website and a drawing website, the 4chan has launched its bounty programme. The bounty programme is quite distinctive from the other programs, as it silently allows the hackers to send the weaknesses of the system without disclosing the identities so that they will…
UK’s £20m worth Cyberwarfare programme Exposed
According to “The Guardian” United Kindom’s ministry of defense had started a multi million pound research which will be the new face of cyberwarfare in near future. The research includes how social media like twitter and facebook can be used to win a psychological war and how to change public…
Microsoft blames security info-sharing programme MAPP for attack code leak
Microsoft has confirmed that sample attack code created by the company had likely leaked to hackers from a programme it runs with antivirus vendors. “Details of the proof-of-concept code appear to match the vulnerability information shared with Microsoft Active Protection Program (MAPP) partners,” Yunsun Wee, a director with Microsoft’s Trustworthy…