Git repository hosting service GitHub announced last week that it has paid out nearly $100,000 to researchers who have contributed to making the platform more secure since the launch of the company’s bug bounty program two years ago.
Git repository hosting service GitHub announced last week that it has paid out nearly $100,000 to researchers who have contributed to making the platform more secure since the launch of the company’s bug bounty program two years ago.
Oracle has released updates for Java 6, 7 and 8 to address a high severity vulnerability that can be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker for arbitrary code execution.
The developers of the Neutrino exploit kit have added a new feature designed to reduce exposure to automated scans and security researchers’ analysis attempts.
A group of former and current students have sued Google in federal court in San Jose, California, alleging that the company scanned their Gmail accounts and gathered data for advertising purposes.
Experts have spotted an OS X scareware campaign that leverages fake Adobe Flash Player installers to trick users into downloading shady software onto their devices.
Banking Trojans were very active in 2015, but were just one of many threats consumers and businesses had to face: ransomware activity increased throughout the year, and extortive attacks proved to be big concern for businesses as well.
The details of users who registered accounts on the forums dedicated to Bohemia Interactive’s DayZ video game have been stolen by hackers, the developer warned on Thursday.
DayZ is an open world survival video game that is currently in early access Alpha. First released in December 2013, the game had already reached 3 million sales by January 2015.