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Target hack spurred US businesses to spend more on cyber security

New research conducted this month reveals that the attacks on international businesses, including banks and retail giants such as Target, led to a significant 60% of US …

GitHub sets up bug bounty program

GitHub is the latest service to announce that they have started a security bug bounty program. “The idea is simple: hackers and security researchers find and report …

Facebook awards $33,500 bounty for critical flaw

Facebook has announced that it has awarded $33,500 – their biggest bug bounty payout to date – to a Brazilian security researcher that discovered a remote code …

Companies must improve incident response plans

Security threats are imminent, but CEOs and other members of the management team are in the dark about potential cyber-attacks against their companies, say the results of a …

93% of firms increasing cyber-security investments

93% of companies globally are maintaining or increasing their investment in cyber-security to combat the ever increasing threat from cyber-attacks, according to a new survey …

Tech companies received millions for PRISM compliance costs

The NSA reimbursed the costs that Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo incurred for having to meet new certification demands following a FISC ruling about the …

CISO spending priorities revealed

According to a GDS International survey of more than 100 leading European information security professionals, investment priorities are changing. Spending to support business …

UK govt gives money to SMEs for improving their cyber security

More small businesses than ever are facing the threat of losing confidential information through cyber attacks, according to research published by the UK Department for …

Google ups prizes in Chromium bug bounty program

Since a vulnerability rewards program for open source web browser project Chromium was instituted in early 2010, many vulnerabilities have been found and dealt with, and …

Facebook deceived developers and users with Verified Apps program

The privacy settlement that the US Federal Trade Commission and Facebook agreed on last November has been finalized on Friday and, unlike Google earlier that week, Facebook …

PayPal sets up bug bounty program

Joining the likes of Google, Facebook, Mozilla and others, PayPal has announced that it will be offering money for information about security bugs that affect their site …

Breaches of large organizations are at a record high

The number of large organizations being hacked into is at a record high; the overall cost of security breaches to UK plcs is now billions of pounds a year, a new survey of 447 …

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