Access Control

Snapchat’s new image-based human verification system already defeated

The new anti-bot system can easily be bypassed using computer vision techniques, CAPTCHA experts say

Engineer nets Facebook’s biggest bug bounty, but not the jackpot he hoped for

Reginaldo Silva was awarded $33,500, but had quietly hoped for more

Target-related malware was a side job for man living in Russia

The 23-year-old contends the program he helped develop has a defensive purpose as well

Syrian Electronic Army hacks Microsoft’s Office Blogs site

Syrian Electronic Army claim they got access to the blogs.office.com admin panel

16 million online accounts probably compromised, German government warns

Government invites users to check their email address against a list of 16 million collected by a botnet

Officials: Two people used fake credit cards that may be linked to Target data breach

Police didn't say if the pair were directly involved in the data breach or merely purchased stolen card information

Encrypted messaging startup Wickr offers $100K bug bounty

The company hopes to tap the security research community to find potential problems

Target point-of-sale terminals were infected with malware

The company's CEO confirmed that attackers used malware to steal credit and debit card data from PoS systems

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Asus simplifies router configuration to protect external hard drives

The company is updating unsecure default settings that left files accessible over the Internet