vulnerability disclosure

Exploring the dynamics of the attacker economy

July 23, 2018

Global software companies are increasingly turning to attackers for help identifying security vulnerabilities in their offerings – and they’re not the only ones. Conservative …

Hacker-powered security is reaching critical mass

July 12, 2018

HackerOne announced findings from the 2018 Hacker-Powered Security Report, based on over 72,000 resolved security vulnerabilities, 1,000 customer programs and more than $31 …

How to improve software vulnerability disclosure in Europe

June 29, 2018

As software gets embedded in more and more things we use every day, the problem of software vulnerability reporting and patching rises in importance. Unfortunately, only a few …

Researcher hacks smart fingerprint padlock in mere seconds

June 14, 2018

The Tapplock one “smart” padlock, which received many rave reviews by tech-focused news sites and YouTubers, can be forced to open in under two seconds with a …

Crowdsourced security trends: Payouts to hackers increase

June 7, 2018

Bugcrowd has released the 2018 Bugcrowd State of Bug Bounty Report, which analyzes proprietary platform data collected from more than 700 crowdsourced security programs …

The pace of vulnerability disclosure shows no signs of slowing

May 15, 2018

Unless the pace of vulnerability disclosure slows down in the coming quarters, we are looking at yet another record-breaking year, according to Risk Based Security’s …

Hacking for fun and profit: How one researcher is making IoT device makers take security seriously

May 10, 2018

We should all be so lucky to enjoy our work as much as Ken Munro does. Generally attracted by research that “looks fun” and particularly interested in probing the …

Netflix, Dropbox promise not to sue security researchers, with caveats

March 23, 2018

Netflix and Dropbox have both noted recently that they won’t sue security researchers who find and disclose vulnerabilities in their products. The only caveat is: the …

AMD confirms processor flaws found by CTS Labs, firmware fixes are coming

March 21, 2018

Chipmaker AMD has confirmed that the vulnerabilities discovered by CTS Labs researchers earlier this month do affect a variety of its products, and that firmware patches …

Keeping on top of ICS-focused hacking groups, defenses

March 2, 2018

How many hacking groups are focusing on ICS systems? Dragos security researchers say at least five were active in 2017. “While only one has demonstrated an apparent …

Still relying solely on CVE and NVD for vulnerability tracking? Bad idea

February 16, 2018

2017 broke the previous all-time record for the highest number of reported vulnerabilities. The 20,832 vulnerabilities cataloged during 2017 by Risk Based Security (VulnDB) …

A five-year analysis of reported Windows vulnerabilities

February 15, 2018

Based on analysis of all disclosed Microsoft vulnerabilities in 2017, a new Avecto report shows a significant rise in the number of reported vulnerabilities. Last year, 685 …