Archive for ‘July 31st, 2011’

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Jul31

Researchers Say Vulnerabilities Could Let Hackers Spring Prisoners From Cells

by Shahid Sharif on July 31st, 2011 at 8:32 am
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Researchers Say Vulnerabilities Could Let Hackers Spring Prisoners From Cells via Wired: Threat Level by Kim Zetter on 7/29/11 Vulnerabilities in electronic systems that control prison doors could allow hackers or others to spring prisoners from their jail cells, according to researchers. Some of the same vulnerabilities that the Stuxnet superworm used to sabotage centrifuges […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Jul31

Facebook To Start Paying Bug Bounties

by Shahid Sharif on July 31st, 2011 at 8:33 am
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Any contenders? Facebook To Start Paying Bug Bounties via Darknet – The Darkside by Darknet on 7/29/11 We’ve covered various stories about companies offering hackers and security researchers bounties for giving them working exploits for their software/website etc. Early runners in the game were – Google Willing To Pay Bounty For Chrome Browser Bugs Now, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Jul31

Anyone Can Access Microsoft’s Massive Location Database and See Where Your L…

by Shahid Sharif on July 31st, 2011 at 9:21 am
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Anyone Can Access Microsoft's Massive Location Database and See Where Your Laptop and Smartphone Have Been (Adrian Covert/Gizmodo) via Techmeme on 7/30/11 Adrian Covert / Gizmodo: Anyone Can Access Microsoft’s Massive Location Database and See Where Your Laptop and Smartphone Have Been  —  Microsoft has been going around and building a database of publicly broadcast […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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