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‘Hack DHS’ Bug Bounty Program Expands to Log4j Security Flaws The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that the ‘Hack DHS’ program is now also open to bug bounty hunters willing to track down DHS systems impacted by Log4j vulnerabilities. “In response to the recently discovered log4j vulnerabilities, @DHSgov is expanding the scope of our
Rideshare Account Hacker Faces up to 22 years in Prison A man pleaded guilty to fraudulently opening rideshare and delivery service accounts using stolen identity information sold on dark web marketplaces. Flavio Candido da Silva, 36, resident of Malden, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count
Microsoft Azure App Service flaw Exposed Customer Source Code A security flaw found in Azure App Service, a Microsoft-managed platform for building and hosting web apps, led to the exposure of PHP, Node, Python, Ruby, or Java customer source code for at least four years, since 2017. Only Azure App Service Linux customers were impacted by the issue discovered
Opera Browser Working on Clipboard Anti-hijacking Feature The Opera browser team is working on a new clipboard monitoring and protection system called Paste Protection, which aims to prevent content hijacking and snooping. Opera introduced the new feature in development version 83, and Bleeping Computer has tested it on developer version 84, where it’s still present.