Tag Archives: Flaws

Facebook Bug Bounty Program Awards Indians the Most for Finding Flaws

HIGHLIGHTS Facebook distributed a total of $611,471 to 149 researchers in H1 2016 Indians received the biggest share of the bounty in the period Facebook received 9,000 security reports in first six months of 2016 Indians remain the biggest beneficiaries in Facebook’s Bug Bounty program, the company’s initiative to allow security researchers to find flaws on its platform. Joey Tyson, ... Read More »

Google Researcher Highlights Flaws in Dozens of Norton, Symantec Products

HIGHLIGHTS Symantec fixed the issues informed by Ormandy and asked users to update Issues could have allowed hackers to control OS without user interaction Symantec uses the same core engine across their entire product line Google Project Zero member and security researcher Tavis Ormandy published a blog on Wednesday detailing major security flaws found in nearly 25 of Norton and ... Read More »