Just before the Black Hat security conference begins, Google has patched seven security holes in its stable version of Chrome and has begun an effort to speed up the software industry’s response to such vulnerabilities.
Google paid two US$1337 bounties for work that lets Chrome avoid critical security problems by sidestepping vulnerabilities in Windows and the [...]
The publication this week of classified military reports from Afghanistan has brought home to the nation’s capital what Hollywood has seen of late with the raw tapes of Mel Gibson’s angry voice: the Internet has fundamentally transformed how secrets are disclosed.
No longer can lawyers for the government or a big star rush to court or [...]
All the most commonly used Internet browsers are vulnerable to exploits that can force them to cough up users’ personal information that can be used to hack into bank accounts or set them up for other attacks, the Black Hat 2010 conference will be told this week.
"None of the tools I will demonstrate are really [...]
A new report suggests that LinkedIn’s value has surpassed the $2 billion mark, based on recent investments from outside investors.
According to Bloomberg, hedge fund Tiger Global Management spent $20 million to acquire approximately a one percent stake in the business social network. The hedge fund specifically paid $21.50 per share.
That’s where the math comes in. [...]
A wide swath of the net’s top websites, including MTV, ESPN, MySpace, Hulu, ABC, NBC and Scribd, were sued in federal court Friday on the grounds they violated federal computer intrusion law by secretly using storage in Adobe’s Flash player to recreate cookies deleted by users.
At issue is technology from Quantcast, also targeted in the [...]
The organisers of the Black Hat conference series may withhold details of selected talks at future events to avoid pressure from outside groups to cancel them.
In a conversation with Computerworld this week, Black Hat founder Jeff Moss said that going forward, conference organizers will work to determine which scheduled talks are likely to run into [...]