Day: September 1, 2014
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Hackers Can Make $250,000 Selling iOS Exploits To The Government | Cult of Mac
iOS hackers are some of the most sought after individuals in the security research community. Geniuses like Comex who come up with jailbreaks used by millions of iPhone and iPad users are offered incredible sums of money to sell their exploits to powerful and high profile clients. Sure, you could win a decent amount of…
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JP Morgan’s security breach points to broader issues in cyber security | VentureBeat | Business | by Ruth Reader
Recent revelations surrounding hacker attacks infiltrating JPMorgan Chase & Co. leave questions about why we’re seeing an increasing number of successful attacks on major institutions. It turns out that protecting an institution full of personally identifiable information is more complex than just having a good cybersecurity team. Hackers were able to unleash malicious software onto Chase’s internal…
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What went wrong with Microsoft’s August updates? | ZDNet
It’s been a long time since Microsoft had a Patch Tuesday this bad. By Friday they were conceding problems with several updates. Not only did they withdraw four updates, but they recommended that users uninstall one of them. via What went wrong with Microsoft's August updates? | ZDNet.