Think your programming skills are world class? Facebook wants you to prove it at its second annual Hacker Cup challenge. “Hacking is core to how we build at Facebook,” the company said in a blog post announcing this year’s competition. “Whether we’re building a prototype for a major product like Timeline at a Hackathon, creating […]
Continue ReadingA few companies pay money to bug hunters. But Facebook is giving out something more unique than just a check. Some security researchers are getting a customized “White Hat Bug Bounty Program” Visa debit card. The researchers, who can make thousands of dollars for reporting just one security hole on the social-networking site, can use […]
Continue ReadingSummary: When using the Facebook ‘Messages’ tab, there is a feature to attach a file. Using this feature normally, the site won’t allow a user to attach an executable file. A bug was discovered to subvert this security mechanisms. Note, you do NOT have to be friends with the user to send them a message […]
Continue ReadingIn one of the first cases of its kind in Britain, Glenn Steven Mangham, 25, used “considerable technical expertise” to repeatedly bypass security at the world’s dominant social network, it was claimed. The student, from York, faces five charges, including that he “made, adapted, supplied or offered to supply” a computer program to hack into […]
Continue Reading“The more Facebook seems to dominate the world, the closer it seems to be to its end”. Anonymous, the shady-yet-principled hacktivist group that has previously hacked into Iran’s government emails, the Pentagon, possibly the IMF, News Corp, Anders Breivik’s Twitter account, and much more, has a new target in its crosshairs: Facebook. The hackers have […]
Continue ReadingFacebook is the most recent company to come to the bug-bounty party, officially announcing recently that- “To show our appreciation for our security researchers, we offer a monetary bounty for certain qualifying security bugs.” Here’s how it works: Eligibility: To qualify for a bounty, you must: Adhere to our Responsible Disclosure Policy Be the first […]
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