Google offers $1 million reward to hackers who exploit Chrome
Google has pledged cash prizes totaling $1 million to people who successfully hack its Chrome browser at next week's CanSecWest security conference.
Google will reward winning contestants with prizes of $60,000, $40,000, and $20...
SSL fix aims to mend huge cracks in ‘Net’s foundation of trust
Open-source software developer Kai Engert has proposed an overhaul to the Internet's SSL authentication system, aiming to minimize the damage that would result from the compromise of one of the authorities trusted by major ......
Schneier: government, big data pose bigger ‘Net threat than criminals
As Bruce Schneier spent the past decade watching the growing rash of phishers, malware attacks, and identity theft, a new Internet threat has emerged that poses even greater risks, the security expert said.
Unlike the secu......
Another iOS 5 Security Flaw Allows Anyone To Access Your Camera Roll
Sources for Cult of Mac have discovered yet another security flaw in Apple’s iOS 5 operating system that provides unauthorized access to your iPhone’s camera roll without the need to enter your passcode. It has been tested on the iPhone 4, but could also...500,000 zombie PCs imperiled as expiration of court order approaches
An estimated half million users of compromised computer systems risk losing their Internet connection next month unless a federal judge extends a court order authorizing a California not-for-profit to operate a network of s...
Securing Business Data On The iPhone And iPad Just Got Easier Thanks to Good
Securing business data on employee-owned devices like the iPhone and iPad is one of the biggest challenges for IT departments when it comes to operating bring your own device (BYOD) programs. The mobile device management (MDM) approach taken by most companies is an excellent...Apple’s latest sandboxing deadline delay signals moving goalpost for devs
Apple has given developers yet another few months to implement application sandboxing for OS X apps, a security feature brought over from iOS: the deadline is now June 1, 2012. While the intent of sandboxing is to prevent hacked...
Mac Developers Now Have Until June 1 To Sandbox Their Apps
Apple has informed Mac developers that the deadline for sandboxing apps has been extended to June 1st. The date was postponed last November and set to take place on March 1st. Apple has been working on technical specifications for...Malicious backdoor in open-source messaging apps not spotted for 3 months
For almost three months, versions of three widely distributed open-source applications from Horde.org contained a backdoor that allowed attackers to remotely execute malicious PHP code on systems that ran the programs.
Members...
Google explains how and why Safari privacy settings were circumvented
In response to a Wall Street Journal report claiming that Google bypassed Safari privacy settings to track ads on both Apple computers and iOS devices, the company released a statement today from Rachel Whetstone, SVP of Communications and Public Pol...
Mac developers: Gatekeeper is a concern, but still gives power users control
Apple's next version of its desktop operating system, OS X Mountain Lion, promises developers access to hundreds of new APIs to enable new functionality for their apps. While developers we spoke to seem mildly excited...
Google allegedly bypassed privacy settings to track user browsing in Safari
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google has been bypassing privacy settings in Safari intended to block websites from tracking user activity across the Internet. Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer discovered that Google had been implementing code...
