MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google has expanded its bug-bounty program to cover vulnerabilities uncovered in Android. The program began with Chrome and expanded to Google Web sites and other open-source software projects. Under the program, people who find security holes get paid bounties. That often equates to a few hundred dollars, but particularly skilled attacks
WASHINGTON DC - Could online privacy one day be a thing of the past as we share more and more details about ourselves through social networks? Vint Cerf certainly believes that privacy will become much harder to ensure. The father of the Internet spoke Tuesday about online privacy at a US Federal Trade Commission workshop
WASHINGTON DC - Three US senators with access to confidential NSA information don't see the agency's data-gathering methods as necessary to ensure US security. On Tuesday, Senators Mark Udall (D-Colorado), Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), and Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) filed an amicus brief on behalf of a lawsuit filed by several organizations that claims the National
TENAFLY, N.J. - Private cloud computing is a reality for half of large enterprises with agility being the key driver, according to Gartner Inc. In a recent research report, "Private Cloud Matures, Hybrid Cloud Is Next," the industry analyst firm said cost was an important consideration as well. Security, often cited by IT professionals as
BIRMINGHAM - Amazon announced several initiatives at its AWS re:Invent conference that are destined to disrupt several markets. One such program is Amazon WorkSpaces, an Amazon provided virtual desktop (VDI) product, which will be available for a low monthly fee, starting, according to Amazon, at $35. Another initiative is AWS AppStream that provides infrastructure to
By Aimee Rhodes TENAFLY, N.J. - IT-security related salaries are expected to climb in 2014, according to a survey released by TEKsystems, which polled some 900 IT leaders including CIOs, IT VPs, IT directors and IT hiring managers. Some 65 percent of respondents said they expected security salaries to increase. That?s up from a similar
TENAFLY, N.J. - Wireless cameras, RFID key cards, keyboards, cordless phones, just about every wireless technology that isn?t light- or sound-based will attract a hoard of researchers (and attackers) looking at ways to exploit them. Are you prepared? It is now known that your car?s GPS, toaster and medical devices are vulnerable to attack. For
SAN FRANCISCO - Internet Bug Bounty challenges you to hack your way into such critical Web platforms as OpenSSL, PHP, Perl, and Apache for the chance to earn as much as $5,000. Sponsored by Microsoft and Facebook, one challenge even invites you to hack the Internet itself, meaning finding a bug that affects a wide
WASHINGOTN DC - AT&T reportedly has a contract with the CIA to provide the agency with data on certain phone calls. Citing information from unnamed government officials, The New York Times said that AT&T receives more than $10 million a year from the Central Intelligence Agency in exchange for providing customer phone records used to
WASHINTON DC - Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden reportedly gained access to classified data after persuading several co-workers to reveal their passwords. As many as 20 to 25 workers at a National Security Agency base in Hawaii revealed their login credentials to Snowden, allowing him to obtain some of the documents that he eventually leaked