There’s been a fair bit of news about bug bounty programs in the past year or so, with Twitter officially starting to pay bug bounties at the end of 2014 and Google recently removing the caps from their program and making Pwnium all year round. The latest news is Pinterest bug bounty program has started […]
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Santoku Linux – Mobile Forensics, Malware Analysis, and App Security Testing LiveCD
The word santoku loosely translates as ‘three virtues’ or ‘three uses’. Santoku Linux has been crafted with a plethora of open source tools to support you in three endeavours, mobile forensics, malware analysis and security testing. Boot into Santoku and get to work, with the latest security tools and utilities focused on mobile platforms such […]
A Look Back At 2014 – Tools & News Highlights
So it’s back to normal programming today, here’s a look back at 2014 (ups and down) and interesting happenings over the past 12 months – including tools and news stories. 2014 News Stories So Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general was a pretty hot topic in 2014, and the year started out with Yahoo! spreading malware […]
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 […]
Massive Celeb Leak Brings iCloud Security Into Question
So this leak has caused quite a furore, normally I don’t pay attention to this stuff – but hey it’s JLaw and it’s a LOT of celebs at the same time – which indicates some kind of underlying problem. The massive list of over 100 celebs was posted originally on 4chan (of course) by an […]