Google Patches 14 Chrome Bugs Ahead of Pwn2Own, Pays $30k in Special Rewards

Just two days before the annual Pwn2Own contest is set to begin at CanSecWest, Google has patched a huge set of serious vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser. In addition to the 14 high-risk flaws fixed in Chrome, the company also handed out rewards of $10,000 each to three researchers who...

$60000 for Exploiting Google Chrome, Hackers at Pwnium work...

$60000 for Exploiting Google Chrome, Hackers at Pwnium work... Google has offered prizes, totalling $1 million, to those who successfully hack the Google Chrome browser at the Pwn2Own hacker contest taking place next week i.e 7 March 2012. Chrome is the only browser in the contest's six year...

Revamped Pwn2Own to Offer $105K in Prizes, Cash From Google for Chrome 0-Days

The Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest conference has become one of the landmark events on the calendar each year, as researchers gather with nervous vendors in a tiny room to see who can own which browser on which platform and how quickly. But this year’s contest will have a much different look...

Giveaway : Win a Backtrack or iPhone book

Giveaway: Win a Backtrack or iPhone book After the huge success of our earlier giveaway we have again teamed up with Packt Publishing and we are organizing a giveaway where Three lucky winners stand a chance to win a copy of their choice between two great selling books i.e iPhone Applications...

Facebook 2012 Hacker Cup announced !

Facebook 2012 Hacker Cup announced Facebook today announced open registration for its second annual Hacker Cup, an annual algorithmic programming contest open to engineers from around the world. Programmers will be judged on accuracy and speed as they race to solve algorithmic problems to advance...

Facebook Chartity (TAG) - SQL Injection Vulnerability

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Facebook Chartity (TAG) - SQL Injection Vulnerability

Document Title: =============== Facebook Chartity TAG - SQL Injection Vulnerability References Source: ==================== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=336 Release Date: ============= 2011-12-04 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID: ==================================== 336...

Announcing Contest Winners for Ghost in the Wires Book

Announcing Contest Winners for Ghost in the Wires Book We ran a competition for the book "Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick " last week. We'd like to thank the following people for sending in the best of the best of reviews about Kevin Mitnick's new book, "Ghosts in the Wires." All the reviews ...

Announcing Contest Winners for Ghost in the Wires Book

Announcing Contest Winners for Ghost in the Wires Book We ran a competition for the book "Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick" last week. We'd like to thank the following people for sending in the best of the best of reviews about Kevin Mitnick's new book, "Ghosts in the Wires." All the reviews w...

[Contest] Win "Ghost in the Wires" Book by Kevin Mitnick

Contest Win "Ghost in the Wires " Book by Kevin Mitnick Some call him a saint, some a criminal, others adore him. Industry may loathe him but we here at The Hacker News say, "Get ready, loyal subscribers! " Enter our newest contest and win a copy of Kevin Mitnick's new book titled, "Ghost in the...

[Contest] Win "Ghost in the Wires" Book by Kevin Mitnick

Contest Win "Ghost in the Wires" Book by Kevin Mitnick Some call him a saint, some a criminal, others adore him. Industry may loathe him but we here at The Hacker News say, "Get ready, loyal subscribers!" Enter our newest contest and win a copy of Kevin Mitnick's new book titled, "Ghost in the...

Contest Winners Announcement : Wireless Penetration Testing Guide book

Contest Winners Announcement : Wireless Penetration Testing Guide book We ran a competition for the book "Backtrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing " last week. Today, Vivek Ramachandran, the author of the book and Founder of SecurityTube.net is announcing the winners in the video below. We will b...

Win Free Copies of BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Guide with The Hacker News

Win Free Copies of BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Guide with The Hacker News Fellow hackers would be very pleased to know that to celebrate the release of their new book- BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Packt Publishing is giving away 2 copies of the book to T...

Katie Moussouris on the Microsoft Blue Hat Prize

Dennis Fisher talks with Katie Moussouris of Microsoft about the company’s new Blue Hat Prize for innovative defensive security technology, why Microsoft didn’t start a bug bounty program and whether this will become an annual contest. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the Digital...

DEFCON Round Up: The Good, The Bad and The Underage

DEFCON, the cash-only, aliases-welcome hacker conference took place in the moral vacuum of Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend, as it has every Summer since 1993. This year there was no shortage of controversial presentations and panel discussions. If you were short the airfare, the $150 entrance fee,...

Microsoft BlueHat Security contest - Mega Prize $250,000

Microsoft BlueHat Security contest - Mega Prize $250,000 Microsoft today launched a $250,000 contest for researchers who develop defensive security technologies that deal with entire classes of exploits. The total cash awards for Microsoft's "BlueHat Prize " contest easily dwarfs any bug bounty...

Microsoft BlueHat Security contest - Mega Prize $250,000

Microsoft BlueHat Security contest - Mega Prize $250,000 Microsoft today launched a $250,000 contest for researchers who develop defensive security technologies that deal with entire classes of exploits. The total cash awards for Microsoft's "BlueHat Prize" contest easily dwarfs any bug bounty...

Microsoft Ships 16 Fixes in June's Patch Tuesday

Microsoft patched nine critical vulnerabilities and seven important vulnerabilities, pushing out a total of 16 patches in the June edition of Patch Tuesday. One of the bugs patched was used to compromise Internet Explorer during the Pwn2Own contest this year. Four of the critical vulnerabilities...

Hackers Exploit BlackBerry Browser Bug !

Research in Motion has found a security flaw and recommended that user disable JavaScript in browsers on certain phones, threatening the BlackBerry maker's iron-clad reputation for security. "The issue could result in remote code execution on affected BlackBerry smartphones," the Waterloo,...

iPhone, BlackBerry Fall on Second Day of Pwn2Own

VANCOUVER–For the fourth consecutive year, researcher Charlie Miller won one of the prizes at the annual Pwn2Own contest here. The difference this time is that Miller successfully exploited an iPhone 4 to win, rather than Safari, which he’s gone after the last three years. The BlackBerry Torch 98...