Twitter has been in the news a lot lately, firstly about their patent filing regarding the pro-active scanning on the web for malware and then the bug bounty going live – which is related to this story. This is a pretty neat Twitter vulnerability that was discovered by someone taking part in the Twitter bug […]
Archives for September 2014
StegExpose – Steganalysis Tool For Detecting Steganography In Images
StegExpose is a steganalysis tool specialized in detecting steganography in lossless images such as PNG and BMP (LSB – least significant bit type). It has a command line interface and is designed to analyse images in bulk while providing reporting capabilities and customization which is comprehensible for non forensic experts. Steganography is the art or […]
Google DID NOT Leak 5 Million E-mail Account Passwords
So a big panic hit the Internet a couple of days ago when it was alleged that Google had leaked 5 Million e-mail account passwords – and these had been posted on a Russian Bitcoin forum. I was a little sceptical, as Google tends to be pretty secure on that front and they had made […]
Lynis v1.6.0 Released For Download – Linux Security Auditing Tool
Lynis is an open source linux security auditing tool. The primary goal is to help users with auditing and hardening of Unix and Linux based systems. The software is very flexible and runs on almost every Unix based system (including Mac). Even the installation of the software itself is optional! It’s a great tool for […]
Twitter Bug Bounty Official – Started Paying For Bugs
So the Twitter bug bounty program is now official, they are actually paying – and not a bad amount too. A minimum of $140 for a confirmed bug with no defined maximum. This includes the Twitter website itself and any sub-domain (mobile, ads, apps etc), and the official mobile apps for iOS and Android. It’s […]