Security

Expect more prize competitions to address tough IT, high-tech challenges

In 2014 there were 97 competitions to solve IT, software and other high-tech issues

Senate bill proposes cyber security standard for cars

Former Hacking Team supplier stops selling zero-day exploits on ethical grounds

Watch hackers remotely immobilize a car while it’s traveling on a highway

Two hackers were able to remotely disable the transmission of a Jeep Cherokee while a Wired journalist was driving it at about 70 miles per hour on a highway.

Gigamon launches security delivery platform for visibility into malicious network traffic

A company known for visibility for network management launches a cybersecurity tool with a similar approach.

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, July 21

InfoSec pros spend most time, money on self-inflicted problems

InfoSec professionals spend most of their time and budgets on security problems created within the organization itself

Microsoft patches Windows zero-day found in Hacking Team’s leaked docs

Quashes bug in all editions of Windows, including not-yet-final Windows 10

Google slams proposed export controls on security tools

A U.S. agency has proposed that companies exporting hacking tools from the U.S. get licenses

Spy’s suicide adds to Hacking Team scandal in South Korea