Microsoft awards hacking expert, repairs browser bug
BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it is paying a well-known hacking expert more than $100,000 for finding security holes in its software, one of the largest such...
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Microsoft awards hacking expert, repairs browser bug
BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it is paying a well-known hacking expert more than $100,000 for finding security holes in its software, one of the largest such...
Exclusive: Security firm says iPhone bug can thwart device wiper
BOSTON (Reuters) - A German security company has uncovered a bug in the new iPhone's software that it said enables hackers to overcome a safeguard allowing users to remotely wipe...
Data brokers D&B, LexisNexis, Altegrity report cyber attacks
BOSTON (Reuters) - Three major U.S. data providers said on Wednesday they were victims of cyber attacks, after a cybersecurity news website linked the breaches to a group that sells...
German group claims to have hacked Apple iPhone fingerprint scanner
BOSTON (Reuters) - A group of German hackers claimed to have cracked the iPhone fingerprint scanner on Sunday, just two days after Apple Inc launched the technology that it promises...
Apple fixing bug that allows fake charging stations to hack iPhones
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Apple Inc's next software update for its iPhones and iPads will fix a security flaw that allows hackers to engage in spying and cyber crimes when...
Software experts attack cars, to release code as hackers meet
BOSTON (Reuters) - Car hacking is not a new field, but its secrets have long been closely guarded. That is about to change, thanks to two well-known computer software hackers...
Factbox: Hacking talks that got axed
(Reuters) - Hacking experts and product manufacturers have sometimes been at odds over whether the disclosure of security vulnerabilities is helpful, or harmful, to the public interest. Lawsuits, or even...
U.S. indicts hackers in biggest cyber fraud case in history
NEWARK, N.J./BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $300 million and...
Famed hacker Barnaby Jack dies a week before hacking convention
(Reuters) - Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, died in San Francisco, a week before...