Uber overhauls bug bounty rules after breach-ransom fiasco
No extortion, shake downs, or duress, Uber says in new bug bounty program.
No extortion, shake downs, or duress, Uber says in new bug bounty program.
Uber comes clean on UK users affected by its breach, but it's yet to reveal details about users in other countries.
Australians Uber users should take note!
The security of data stored in the cloud has come under scrutiny yet again as Australian information commissioner Timothy Pilgrim commences investigating global ride-sharing giant Uber in the wake of revelations that the firm paid hackers $132,000 to delete the stolen personally identifiable information (PII) of 57 million of its users.
David Braue | 22 Nov | Read more
Dr Charlie Miller has been tagged as one of the world's best hackers after compromising a Jeep Cherokee from 10km with his colleague Chris Valasek.
Anthony Caruana | 13 Oct | Read more
Uber is banned from misrepresenting how it protects customer data and faces two decades of privacy audits.
Ashton Kutcher is best known as an actor and producer, but he is also a successful tech investor having taken stakes in companies such as Airbnb, Foursquare, Meerkat, Spotify and Uber.
Stephen Withers | 08 Nov | Read more
The concept of online marketplaces was pioneered by eBay and Amazon many years ago. But these horizontal marketplaces are now being disrupted by vertical marketplaces such as Uber and Airbnb, which use technology to greatly improve the experience of buying and selling of traditional offline transactions. In doing so, these organisations have a well thought out value proposition which is flawlessly executed.
Nigel Phair | 20 Sep | Read more
The US Department of Defense has open the doors for hackers to register with its pilot bug bounty, dubbed "Hack the Pentagon".
Uber has moved its bug bounty program out of private beta and is offering up to $10,000 to researchers who report bugs in its apps and systems.
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