Preloaded apps on current Lenovo, HP and Dell systems are found to have unique and serious security vulnerabilities that require end users to take extra steps to fix.
Nothing much seems done to fix IoT security issues over the years with latest ISE report showing 125 CVEs, Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, which has increased from 52 since 2013.
Beyond the challenges around risk and uncertainty, can bug bounties really deliver on their promise? Even as crowdsourced security testing continues to gain acceptance, what’s important is designing the right model to increase efficiency and avoid diminishing marginal returns.
GAO audits carried out between fiscal years 2012-2017 have discovered significant cyber vulnerabilities in the U.S. Department of Defense’s top weapons systems, reflecting a misguided approach that does not take into consideration basic cyber security.
Recent DEFCON Voting Village report showed that some of the most popular and widely used voting machines vulnerable to hacking and that their security in the upcoming election is anything but assured.
The U.S. government reveals the Vulnerabilities Equities Process which decides if vulnerability data is released or gets stockpiled as cyber weapons.
For 24 days, 272 hackers pounded the Air Force's key public websites. The result? A cool 207 vulnerabilities were found, resulting in a $130,000 payday for the White Hats.
So how does the United States Air Force with over 5,000 aircraft in its inventory make sure that it’s online security is top notch? It’s simple – it invites people to hack its systems.
As the world becomes more complex non-traditional approaches to ensuring data security and protection must be evaluated. In this article Wei Chieh, the founder of SWARMNETICS draws a parallel between how we treat open source software and the Asian organisational attitude toward White Hat hackers (or ‘independent security researchers’) as assets that might help to stem the tide of security breaches that Asian companies face today.
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