An Indian electronics and communications engineer who describes himself as a “security enthusiast with a passion for ethical hacking” has discovered a Facebook vulnerability that could have allowed for any photo on the site to be deleted without the owner’s knowledge.Arul Kumar, a 21 year old from Tamil Nadu, discovered that he could delete any […]
Like many companies these days Facebook offers a bug bounty program for security researchers to disclose vulnerabilities in return for a cash payment. As long as the bugs qualify under Facebook’s whitehat terms and conditions, researchers can expect a reward of $500 or more. Khalil Shreateh, an IT graduate from Palestine, recently discovered a vulnerability […]
This month’s Microsoft Updates includes an interesting vulnerability: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-083 “This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends a continuous flow of specially crafted UDP packets to a closed port on a target system.” A continuous flow of UDP […]
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