1. Bugcrowd paid out over $500,000 in bounties in one week In October, Bugcrowd paid out $1.6 million to over 500 white hat hackers from around the world. Collectively, they reported a total of 6,500 vulnerabilities in products belonging to companies using the platform. More than $513,000 in payouts were made just last week — a record in a 7-day period for Bugcrowd since it launched in 2011. Read more »...

This CTF can be downloaded here. The torrent downloadable URL is also available for this VM and has been added in the reference section of this article. For those who are not aware of the site, VulnHub is a well-known website for security researchers that aims to provide users with a way to practice their hacking skills through a series of challenges in a safe and legal environment. You can download vulnerable machines from this website and try to exploit them....

The latest flaw discovered is in the kernel and there it has resided for the past nine years. The Dirty Cow affects all distributions and their severity level is very high. This failure, the Dirty Cow, could be seen as just a flaw that was found in the Linux kernel. With its name being derived from the function that is explored, Copy On Write, allows attackers to gain privileges within the system and thus have access to all accounts and all functions....

KaZaA and eDonkey2000: the first objectives of the NSA in P2P networks In the early years of P2P, users who used it did not assume that they could be monitored, spied on, and even could be hacked through these networks. Unfortunately, these exchange sites operated totally open. The files were exchanged through shared folders, through which anyone could see what another user was sharing. Among the first most popular file-sharing programs we found KaZaA (which used the FastTrack network), or eDonkey2000 (eD2k network)....

Twitter launched the new $8 a month Twitter Blue on November 9 but suspended it soon after when users began to abuse the new system to impersonate brands and high-profile user accounts, including that of Musk, effectively using the service to do exactly what Musk hoped to eliminate. Earlier this month, Musk said Twitter Blue Verified will return on November 29 “to make sure it is rock solid.” He hasn’t said when it will relaunch again after the delay....

It blocks a wide range of common web trackers without any settings to set and the user can erase browsing history including password, cookies, etc easily which definitely helps in maintaining user’s privacy and security. According to Mozilla, the technology used to track users on the web makes mobile web pages slow. Firefox Focus blocks all such trackers, ads and hence web page performance is also boosted. As the name suggests, Firefox Focus is designed for a tab-less browsing experience....

is giving Android app developers a lot more room to work with, exping the maximum Android app size from 50MB to 4GB. though Android apps were free to exceed the size limit before, developers had to host the data on their own. For users, that meant downloading additional files from within the app after installing the core app from the Android et. The extra downloads were a nuisance would eat into the 15-minute refund window for Android apps....

The thing about online scams is they’re not only annoying; they’re expensive. As of mid-September, consumer complaints to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) related to coronavirus exceeded 200,000 — and reported losses topped over $140 million. Those numbers are only likely to increase as COVID rages on. Tap or click for tips on protecting yourself from these con artists. Last Friday, yet another scam-related PSA was issued by the FBI and CISA....

Coming in the form of an update to the existing Keyboard, the new version brings a slew of features that ione users have already been enjoying, most notably a search bar built right into the top row. st tap the tiny arrow to the left of the predictive text field you’ll see a series of new options. Exp the magnifying glass you’ll be able to search via a tiny browser to easily send links, pics, , most importantly, GIFs to your friends....

Some business owners turn to free job boards or sites like Craigslist. That’s a big mistake. You never know what you’re getting from sites like that. They simply don’t have the tools or screening systems in place to find quality employees, and you’ll never get back the time you waste doing that work yourself. When you’re is ready to make that next hire, find the right person with LinkedIn Jobs....

so spotlighted this week is Beatport, a slick ( free) electronic music streaming service, Nuzzel, which spotlights the stories your social media pals are chatting about. And on the gaming side, Final Fantasy: Record Keeper reimagines classic role-playing battles with a free-to-play design, while the dazzling Fotonica delivers gripping first-person running in a minimal, wireframe world. Drupe Tired of digging through menus different apps to contact the same hful of friends colleagues each day?...

That’s the word from Andy Nallappan, chief technology officer and head of software business operations at Broadcom Software, one of the world’s largest tech employers. I had the chance to chat with Nallappan while at Infosys’ recent Cobalt event, where he shared his experiences with managing a large workforce of technologists and the challenges faced over the past two years. For starters, it’s not always easy to run a remote workforce, as the company had to do until recently....

The Department of Defense in 2019 awarded Microsoft the $10bn, 10-year JEDI contract to Microsoft but, following a lawsuit brought by AWS, the DoD terminated the JEDI with Microsoft contract in July 202. In November, the DoD asked AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle to bid for the new JWCC deal. SEE: What is cloud computing? Everything you need to know about the cloud explained JWCC is a multiple-award contract vehicle under which the DoD can acquire commercial cloud capabilities and services directly from the winners “at the speed of mission, at all classification levels, from headquarters to the tactical edge”, the Pentagon said in an announcement....

A survey of 1,000 small business owners in the UK by PayPal found that one in 10 (12%) do not expect to be in business within the year, with a further 15% unsure about the future of their business. PayPal’s Business of Change: Wellness & Empowerment Report 2022 found that more than three quarters (78%) of small businesses cite the rising cost of living to be the biggest threat to their business over the next year....

It is estimated that today approximately three-quarters of the human population has a mobile phone. Crowdsensing, a new business model, allows this large number of mobile phones to be used not only for exchanging information between their users, but also for activities that may have a huge societal impact. The term “crowdsensing” refers to sharing data collected by sensing devices with the aim to measure a phenomena of common interest....

Cyanogen, Inc. has announced a new platform SDK that allows third-party developers to take advantage of CyanogenMod APIs, and contribute their own to be used by other applications. It’s available in alpha for now, and anyone can download it. “Our hope is that this will help inspire the community to understand what’s possible and think up additional APIs that they can then add to CyanogenMod,” Cyanogen says in an announcement on its developer blog....

Get this: Throughout the year, Dell hosts different sales. You can get high-quality, top-performing computers, laptops, screens, modems and more for low prices. That’s because Dell will slash costs at different points of the year. This is good news for you because this company makes powerful gadgets that our own IT guys use at the Komando HQ. Here’s all you need to know about the OptiPlex 3080 Micro Desktop — and why we love it....

Looking for more easy writing tech tips? Tap or click here to turn your handwritten notes into digital text. Going online is almost inevitably a recipe for distraction. FocusWriter is a no-frills writing app with absolutely nothing else to focus on than the text onscreen, keeping you on track. Keep reading to find out how to stay laser-focused while writing and how to get started in minutes! What is FocusWriter?...

Fortunately, I know a few tricks to make the whole thing simpler. Before I get to that, though, it’s good to refresh your memory on a few ground rules for creating strong passwords. Let’s start with the most basic rule: Don’t make the password easy to guess Whenever there’s a big data breach and user passwords are exposed, security companies always make a list of the most common passwords people were using....

Cyberlink Power2Go is a next generation DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD burning solutions. It is a comprehensive burning software for Windows operating system that able to backup existing discs, erase and copy discs, save and burn disc, create DVD and VCD video discs, and rip or convert audio files. The new CyberLink Power2Go 5.5 is the first burning software that support burning Blu-ray data discs. Power2Go Features: Secure data discs for enhanced security with password protection and AES 128Bit encryption....