Presumed technical issue disrupts Google Adsense payouts worldwide

By Waqas Still didn't receive your Google Adsense payouts? Don't worry, you are not alone. For the many millions of Google Adsense users, the earnings derived from it is their bread and butter so when there is a delay in AdSense payouts, predictably there is online pandemonium as many seek answer...

Mapbox: Test-scripts for postgis in mason-repository using unsafe unzip of content from unclaimed bucket creates potential RCE-issues

On March 25, 2018 @fransrosen reported a vulnerability to Mapbox. An AWS S3 bucket previously owned by Mapbox was reclaimed by this researcher, which is possible due to the global namespacing of S3 buckets. This bucket was still actively referenced in a test script. The bucket takeover therefore...

Netflix Opens Public Bug Bounty Program with $15K Payout Cap

Netflix expanded its bug bounty program on Wednesday opening it up to any white hat hacker and at the same time increased the top reward to $15,000. The bug bounty program, managed by Bugcrowd, now allows any registered hackers to scour Netflix vast mobile, cloud and software platform for minor a...

HackerOne: Unicorn worker pool exhaustion by continuously updating payout preferences

please this time i hope you listen to me - please see the included video as POC - please this is not self DOS , not self DOS, not self DOS - i hope this time you find out that this is last report that i have , please see the video to the end again this is not a self DOS i have invulded one...

HackerOne: Missing Password Confirmation at a Critical Function (Payout Method)

Hey Hackerone Team, Payout being one the very important matter demands to be taken extra precaution. But at our lovable platform "Hackerone" there is no Password Confirmation at one of very critical functions i.e Payout Method/state Change. All the other important functions like : 1. Email Change...

Extending the Microsoft Office Bounty Program

Microsoft announces the extension of the Microsoft Office Bounty Program through December 31, 2017. This extension is retroactive for any cases submitted during the interim. The engagement we have had with the security community has been great and we are looking to continue that collaboration on...

Mystery Company Offers $250,000 Bounty for VM Escape Vulnerabilities

An unnamed company will start an eight-week, invite-only bug bounty program in September that offers a $250,000 payout for virtual-machine escape vulnerabilities tied to an unreleased product. Bugcrowd announced the program today, and said the high-priced bounty is the largest advertised bounty o...

HackerOne: Adding or removing a new non-preferred payout method does not trigger an e-mail or account notification

While we previously sent an e-mail to the user when their preferred payout method was modified, we did not send a notification when adding or removing a new non-preferred payout method. This oversight was pointed out by this report...

HackerOne: Updating payout preference to CurrencyCloud doesn't notify user via email

When change payment method in user's payments, then a notification about Change payment method is sent to the user email. However, user not always gets a notification about change payment method - when change payment method via add payout method on Payout Methods, then such a notification is not...

iOS 9.3.4 Patches Critical Code Execution Flaw

Apple last week patched a critical iOS memory corruption vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute code on compromised devices. The flaw was found by Team Pangu, a Chinese hacker group that specializes in building iOS jailbreak tools. The vulnerability is fixed in iOS 9.3.4. “An...

Fiat Chrysler Launches Bug Bounty with $1.5K Payout Cap

Hacking Jeeps is about to get a lot more competitive. That’s because Jeep maker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has launched a bug bounty program in conjunction with Bugcrowd that will payout as much as $1,500 per bug. Fiat Chrysler, the world’s No. 7 automaker, claims it will be the first Detroit...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID20459: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on January 14, 2016

Medium Alert ID: 43027 First Published: 2016 January 14 19:52 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID20459 may contain the following files: Name |...

VK.com: API: Bug in method auth.signup , дающий возможность бесконечно звонить

Отсутствие flood-контроля в api методе регистрации, что давало возможность отправлять массово смс или звонить на произвольный номер. В API Найдена уязвимость дающая бесконечно звонить и слать смс , лимит запросов можно было обойти. найдена практически такая же уязвимость , как и в репорте...

Facebook Bug Bounty Submissions Climb in 2014

Less than two months into the year and Facebook said it has already validated more than 100 submissions to its bug bounty, demonstrating a consistently growing interest in such programs industry wide. “Report volume is at its highest levels, and researchers are finding better bugs than ever...

Yahoo Revamps Bug Bounty Vulnerability Rewards Program

Yahoo has promised to put the finishing touches on a new vulnerability reporting and rewards policy by Halloween after finding itself in the throes of a mini scandal this week over two $12.50 Yahoo company store discount codes handed out to one researcher in thanks for turning in a pair of...