EU to launch bug bounties for 14 open source projects
Europe stumps up cash for bug bounties to secure over a dozen popular open source projects.
Europe stumps up cash for bug bounties to secure over a dozen popular open source projects.
Revelations that a massive database of deidentified Medicare data could be reverse-engineered led to the data set's pulling from the Internet even as Telstra Health faced accusations that it couldn't possibly resist the temptation to do bad things with sensitive health information after it was awarded a major health-information consolidation tender.
David Braue | 04 Oct | Read more
The OpenSSL cryptographic library is widely used to protect communications between web servers and clients, such as browsers and apps, on the internet. Few consumers knowingly use the software, but it is important enough for Google’s July ban on Android apps in Google Play that used outdated versions of OpenSSL.
Claims that we're all vulnerable to targeting by cybercriminals have become part of conventional wisdom, but one security expert believes there's a way to keep yourself off the radar.
David Braue | 09 May | Read more
Investigations into the breach of toy maker VTech – which admitted the attack had affected 6.4 million children's accounts – revealed that hackers had stolen photos of children and their parents, compounding a data breach that is already being ranked among the worst of the year.
David Braue | 07 Dec | Read more
CSOs need to take a number of steps as soon as possible to protect their organizations against the OpenSSL vulnerability that has shaken the tech industry, experts say.
Antone Gonsalves | 10 Apr | Read more