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Microsoft Hunts Bugs with Variation on Bounty

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Aug

2011

Bug bounty programs are designed to reward security researchers for finding flaws in a vendor’s product that have made it past their own quality processes. Some organizations, such as Google and Mozilla, have had bug bounty programs in place for a time, while social networking site Facebook just announced a bug bounty program with a […]

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Mobile Apps Fail Big Time at Security, Study Says

11

Aug

2011

A study from digital security company viaForensics paints a stark picture of the vulnerability of smartphone user data. viaForensics evaluated 100 popular consumer apps running on Android and iOS, and found that 76 percent store usernames, while 10 percent store passwords as plain text. Those 10 percent included popular sites such as LinkedIn, Skype, and […]

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Android Focus Stealing Vulnerability

10

Aug

2011

Android allows applications to voluntarily come to foreground or to become active while user is using another application. However, because Android’s SDK allows apps to be pushed to the foreground, Android allows users to dismiss and override this behaviour be hitting the back button. This Android feature is used by many security applications for application […]

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