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Pwn2Own Contest Puts Bounty on Browser Vulnerabilities
Trevor Boland
Dog the Bounty Hunter, known for his shirtless leather vest approach to dressing and his less than tactful approach to apprehending bail jumpers, may not be ready for the next round of bounties coming down the pike. This year, at the CanSecWest in Vancouver, companies like HP and Google are offering rewards for hackers and research teams who can exploit zero-day vulnerabilities within the most common browsers.
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AVG makes its first IPO of $125 million
Qushawn Clark
AVG technologies is the maker of one of the most successful pieces of anti-virus software in the world, and they are going public.
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Amazon gains new cloud security partner
Qushawn Clark
Amazon Web Services has made the decision to team up with Check Point Software Technologies to offer their customers reliable security services.
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Lead Articles:
[2011-12-29]
HashDOS: Important Vulnerability Coming into the Spotlight.
A presentation at a German security conference has many people worried about a this newly realized vulnerability that is present is most web frameworks.
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[2011-12-16]
Mobile Security Will (Probably) Always Be More Difficult
When is comes to security for mobile platforms, there is a very serious learning curve to getting it right and keeping it strong.
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[2011-12-01]
Widespread Xbox Live phishing scams plague gamers
Users of the popular online gaming service have been getting phony emails from sites claiming to give away Microsoft points (the online currency for Xbox Live).
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[2011-11-17]
Facebook Gets Hacked!
Recently Facebook, headed up by billionaire entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg, was hacked and violent, pornographic photos were posted on millions of users profiles.
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