Pentagon Expands Bug-Bounty Program to Include Physical Systems

The Department of Defense is expanding its “Hack the Pentagon” bug-bounty program to include hardware assets, tapping the Synack, HackerOne and Bugcrowd platforms to attract more white hats to the effort. The news comes two weeks after the Government Accountability Office GAO released a report...

A week in security (October 15 – 21)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we went over how to build your own motion-activated security camera, wondered whether FIDO is the future instrument to replace passwords and usernames, informed you about information operations on Twitter, and released our Q3 Malwarebytes Labs Cybercrime Tactics an...

Pentagon Bans Soldiers from Using GPS Apps and Devices

After fitness apps have been shown to reveal the locations of U.S. military personnel in hot zones around the world, the Pentagon is mandating that armed service members must switch off any device using GPS functionality if they are deployed in “operational areas.” “Effective immediately, Defense...

ThreatList: Bug Bounty Payouts Increase Six Percent for Critical Vulnerabilities

The average payout price for critical vulnerabilities are up six percent and now average $2,041 compared to the prior year. The numbers are from HackerOne’s 2018 Hacker-Powered Security Report, published Wednesday. The study looked at data derived from the HackerOne community between May 2017 and...

A week in security (July 2 – July 8)

Last week, we tracked back a large mining operation from their Coinhive shortlink, we took a look at online project management tools, we described a new macro-less technique to distribute malware, and talked about a Mac malware that targets crypto-mining users. Other news: Huawei enterprise comms...

Supply-Chain Security

Earlier this month, the Pentagon stopped selling phones made by the Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei on military bases because they might be used to spy on their users. It's a legitimate fear, and perhaps a prudent action. But it's just one instance of the much larger issue of securing our supply...

U.S. DoD Hopes To Stamp Out Threats With Bug Bounty Program

The U.S. Department of Defense is doubling down on routing out vulnerabilities in its massive government systems. On Monday, the DoD announced it was expanding its bug bounty program to include the agency’s massive Defense Travel System. The “Hack the DTS” program launched in partnership with bug...

January 17, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Australian Open” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 17, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Confidence in legacy...

CENTCOM Says Massive Data Cache Found on Leaky Server is Benign

A massive archive of 1.8 billion publicly accessible social-media posts were found on the Amazon S3 storage buckets that belonged to a Pentagon contractor. The data was collected by the third-party contractor on the behalf of United States Central Command and United States Pacific Command...

October 18, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “NBA” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! October 18, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Australia’s breach...

HP Shared ArcSight Source Code with Russians

Reuters is reporting that HP Enterprise gave the Russians a copy of the ArcSight source code. The article highlights that ArcSight is used by the Pentagon to protect classified networks, but the security risks are much broader. Any weaknesses the Russians discover could be used against any ArcSig...

25-Year-Old Hacker Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Military Satellite Phone System

A British computer hacker who allegedly hacked a United States Department of Defense satellite system in 2014 and accessed the personal information of hundreds of military personnel has pleaded guilty on Thursday. Sean Caffrey, a 25-year-old resident of Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, has...

Secret Pentagon Files Left Unprotected on the Amazon Server

By Ali Raza Accidents happen to everyone but according to a recent report, this one is a pretty big one. Apparently, some of the confidential data related to the US military project was simply left completely unprotected on a server belonging to Amazon. The data included over 60,000 files with so...

The Time Has Arrived to Embrace Hackers

BOSTON—More than ever, hackers are getting a welcoming embrace from law enforcement, governments and business. Bug bounties and vulnerability disclosure programs are becoming the norm across industry, and hackers are no longer universally viewed as a pariah. Simultaneously, however, groups such a...

Hack'em If You Can — U.S. Air Force launches Bug Bounty Program

With the growing number of data breaches and cyber attacks, a significant number of companies and organizations have started Bug Bounty programs for encouraging hackers and bug hunters to find and responsibly report vulnerabilities in their services and get rewarded. Now, following the success of...

Pentagon Subcontractor Inadvertently Leaks 11 Gigs of Sensitive Data

A slew of sensitive data pertaining to psychologists, doctors and other healthcare professionals involved with an arm of the U.S. Department of Defense was recently left unsecured online. Chris Vickery, a security researcher with MacKeeper who has stumbled across unsecured internal databases...

DoD Publishes Vulnerability Disclosure Policy

The Department of Defense promised upon the inception of the Hack the Pentagon bug bounty program that it would continue to engage white-hats. Hack the Pentagon set the tone with more than 1,400 participants and 138 vulnerabilities resolved during the 24-day trial during the spring. Two weeks ago...

Meet the 18-Year-Old Who Hacked the Pentagon

Ask David Dworken when he was in tenth grade what a cross-site scripting vulnerability is and you might get a strange look from the Alexandria, Va., teen. Fast forward two years and pose the same question Dworken and you’ll get a well-versed answer from the now white hat hacker and recent high...

Hack the Pentagon: Hackers find over 100 Bugs in U.S. Defense Systems

The "Hack the Pentagon" bug bounty program by the United States Department of Defense DoD has been successful with more than 100 vulnerabilities uncovered by white hat hackers in Pentagon infrastructure. In March, the Defense Department launched what it calls "the first cyber Bug Bounty Program i...

pentagon.mil XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.pentagon.mil//desktopmodules/SharedLibrary/Plugins/MediaElement/flashmediaelement.swf?jsinitfunctio%gn=alertOPENBUGBOUNTY Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| 330000 VIP...