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DOJ Officially Revises Policy, Will Not Charge Ethical Hackers

The Department of Justice will charge “good faith” security researchers that come forward with their research and don't extort organizations.

May 20, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The U.S. Department of Justice has officially revised its policy regarding ethical hackers, directing U.S. attorneys to not charge “good faith” security researchers who are accessing systems for testing and investigation purposes that ultimately result in a notice to the network owner of the vulnerability. The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new policy immediately replaces a […]

The United States is ‘Not Prepared’ for Serious Cyber Attacks and Politicians are Asking Hackers for Help

According to a panelists of US congresspeople and ethical hackers, the United States government is not prepared for serious cyber attacks.

August 16, 2019 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

Politicians at the DEF CON hacking conference implored ethical hackers to take up the fight against serious cyber attacks — something they said the United States is still underprepared for. According to this article from The Register, a UK-based publication, US representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA) and James Langevin (D-IL) were joined by hackers Cris Thomas, aka Space […]

Ethical Hacker Earns Over $1 Million by Hacking Companies

Good guy hackers are helping companies catch security risks before a breach actually happens.

March 27, 2019 Jessica Messier Leave a Comment

According to PC Mag, today’s hackers are getting younger and richer, like Argentina native Santiago Lopez. A member of HackerOne, a platform that hires digital bug catchers to find security vulnerabilities in IT systems for certain companies, Lopez has found over 1,600 security flaws, and earned over $1 million doing it. He’s scanned security risks […]

HackerOne Adds Assets Product to Attack Resistance Management Offerings

HackerOne Assets will combine attack surface management with insights from security experts to protect known and unknown digital assets.

October 14, 2022 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Attack resistance management provider HackerOne announced the general availability of its HackerOne Assets product. Assets combines Attack Surface Management (ASM) with the expertise and reconnaissance skills of ethical hackers to bring visibility, tracking and risk prioritization to an organization’s digital asset landscape, according to the company. Research from ESG revealed that 69% of organizations have experienced […]

Apple to Introduce Lockdown Mode to Help Protect Against Spyware

Lockdown Mode will harden Apple devices and severely limit functionalities of devices that could be exploited by sophisticated spyware,

July 7, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Apple is previewing Lockdown Mode, a new security capability coming this fall with a slate of new operating systems designed to harden device defenses and severely limit functionalities of devices that could be exploited by sophisticated spyware, such as solutions from NSO Group and other private spyware providers. According to Apple, Lockdown Mode is intended […]

HackerOne Launches New Initiative to Extend Value of Attack Surface Management Tools

HackerOne's OpenASM is designed to combine scan data from multiple vendors so customers can strengthen pentesting and bounty efforts.

June 2, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Attack resistance management provider HackerOne is launching a new initiative, OpenASM, designed to combine scan data from multiple vendors so customers can strengthen penetration testing and bounty efforts. According to the company, this can also help ethical hackers enrich, risk rank and prioritize assets. HackerOne Assets, a new attack resistance management (ASM) product, is the […]

SecurityScorecard Expands Platform With New Modules, Integrations

SecurityScorecard is expanding its platform to include four new modules, 30 integrations and three new cybersecurity education courses.

June 1, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity rating provider SecurityScorecard is expanding its platform to include four new modules, 30 integrations and three new cybersecurity education courses designed to help organizations identify security blind spots and quantify risk. According to the New York-based firm, the new offerings help address top concerns faced by cybersecurity and IT executives, including articulation of cybersecurity […]

How to Become a Bug Bounty Hunter for Zoom

Through a team of 800+ security researchers on the HackerOne platform, Zoom awarded $1.8 million through its bug bounty program.

April 6, 2022 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

If you’re a college student, professor, a teen just learning to hack into everyday things , or a Zoom user who just “noticed something weird,” there’s an opportunity to join an ethical hacker community. Videoconferencing giant Zoom has invested in a global team of security researchers via a private bug bounty program on HackerOne’s platform. […]

Trellix Sees Advanced Persistent Threat Actors and Ransomware Groups Focus on Financial Services in Third Quarter of 2021

January 31, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Key Findings In Q3 2021, the financial sector was the most targeted seeing 22% of ransomware and 37% of APT detections Publicly reported cyber incidents in the financial sector increased 21% compared to Q2 2021 Nearly half of APT activity monitored appears to originate from Russian and Chinese backed groups Cobalt Strike attack suite abused […]

CORRECTING and REPLACING HackerOne Brings Hacker-Powered Cloud Security Capabilities to AWS Customers

August 25, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Security teams can quickly assess, remediate, and measure cloud application threats SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Please note revision to the subhead and removal of original paragraph six. The updated release reads: HACKERONE BRINGS HACKER-POWERED CLOUD SECURITY CAPABILITIES TO AWS CUSTOMERS Security teams can quickly assess, remediate, and measure cloud application threats HackerOne, one of the world’s most […]