Apple says it will offer up to $1 million for hackers who can find vulnerabilities in iPhones and Macs. “That’s up from $200,000, and in the fall the program will be open to all researchers,” reports Forbes. “Previously only those on the company’s invite-only bug bounty program were eligible to receive rewards.” From the report: As Forbes reported on Monday, Apple…
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Google Reveals Fistful of Flaws In Apple’s iMessage App
Google researchers have shared details of five flaws in Apple’s iMessage software that could make its devices vulnerable to attack. The BBC reports: In one case, the researchers said the vulnerability was so severe that the only way to rescue a targeted iPhone would be to delete all the data off it. Another example, they said, could be used to copy…
Capital One Says Hacker Breached Accounts of 100 Million People; Ex-Amazon Employee Arrested
CaptainDork shares a report from Forbes: Capital One said Monday that sensitive financial information — including social security and bank account numbers — from over 100 million people were exposed in a massive data breach that led to the arrest of former Amazon employee Paige Thompson, a hacker who lives in Seattle. The information was taken from credit card applications submitted…
Slack Resets Passwords For 1% of Its Users Because of 2015 Hack
ZDNet: Slack published more details about a password reset operation that ZDNet reported earlier today. According to a statement the company published on its website, the password reset operation is related to the company’s 2015 security breach. In March 2015, Slack said hackers gained access to some Slack infrastructure, including databases storing user credentials. Hackers stole hashed passwords, but they also…
We Asked, You Answered: The Top 10 Learning Hacks from edX Learners
We took to social media to ask edX learners to share their best learning hacks: tried and true ways to make the most of their learning and studying experience. Keep reading for the top 10 trends we picked up from their responses. 1) Bite-sized learning A popular learning hack was breaking large concepts down into smaller, more digestible pieces. When faced with…
British Airways faces largest ever data breach fine for 2018 hack
A hack that accessed the personal data of around half a million British Airways customers has earned the firm a record £183 million fine Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2208964-british-airways-faces-largest-ever-data-breach-fine-for-2018-hack/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
To Protect Secrets, US Won’t Charge Assange Over Exposing CIA Tools, Reports Politico
Some interesting news from Politico. America’s Justice Department will still prosecute Julian Assange for allegedly assisting Chelsea Manning, and for 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act — but “has decided not to charge Julian Assange for his role in exposing some of the CIA’s most secret spying tools, according to a U.S. official and two other people familiar with the…
Chinese Military To Replace Windows OS Amid Fears of US Hacking
Amidst an escalating trade war and political tensions with the US, Beijing officials have decided to develop a custom operating system that will replace the Windows OS on computers used by the Chinese military. From a report: The decision, while not made official through the government’s normal press channels, was reported earlier this month by Canada-based military magazine Kanwa Asian Defence….
UK Hacking Powers Can Be Challenged in Court, Judge Rules
A five-year court battle in the United Kingdom has come to an end with the UK Supreme Court ruling that the UK’s spy agencies and their hacking activities can be made subject to court challenges. From a report: On Wednesday, the court ruled that the GCHQ’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) is subject to judicial review in the High Court, which in…
Israeli Firm Tied To Tool That Uses WhatsApp Flaw To Spy On Activists
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: An Israeli firm accused of supplying tools for spying on human-rights activists and journalists now faces claims that its technology can use a security hole in WhatsApp, the messaging app used by 1.5 billion people, to break into the digital communications of iPhone and Android phone users (Warning: source may…