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Google Chrome hack earns security researcher $60,000

08

Mar

2012

A Russian security researcher has earned himself a tidy $60,000 by demonstrating how he could waltz past the security sandbox in Google’s Chrome browser to run unauthorised code on fully-patched Windows 7 computers. Sergey Glazunov uncovered a remote code execution vulnerability in Chrome, that could be used by malicious hackers and cybercriminals to install and […]

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TinKode arrested for suspected hack of NASA and Pentagon servers

01

Feb

2012

Police in Romania believe that they may have apprehended the notorious hacker TinKode, who in the past has hacked into government and military websites, exposing their poor security. The 20-year-old man, named as Razvan Manole Cernaianu, allegedly attacked Pentagon and NASA computer systems, revealed security holes, and published information about SQL injection vulnerabilities he had […]

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New zero-day vulnerabilities discovered in Flash Player

16

Dec

2011

What has been found?Two new vulnerabilities in Adobe’s ubiquitous Flash Player have been discovered and allegedly can be used to an arbitrary code execution remotely. Essentially these vulnerabilities could allow someone to remotely seize control of a PC without the consent of the owner.Who discovered these exploits? The exploits were discovered by a Russian vulnerability research […]

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