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Parliamentary Panel Suggests Setting Up Framework to Deal With Cyber Crimes
A parliamentary panel on Thursday expressed concern over mushrooming of cyber crimes and increasing data vulnerability, and suggested that the government should come out with a framework to deal with such risks. The Standing Committee on Finance recommended setting up of Cyber Protection Authority (CPA) and advocated that the CPA engage ethical ha...
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India's First Quantum Computing-Based Telecom Network Link Operational, Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Says
India's first quantum computing-based telecom network link is now operational in the national capital, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Monday. The minister also announced a Rs. 10 lakh reward for ethical hackers who can break the encryption of the system.
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White Hat Hackers Return $9 Million to Nomad After $190 Million Exploit Wrecks Cross-Chain Bridge
Hackers sent back $9 million (roughly Rs. 71 crore) to Nomad a day after the cross-chain bridge was exploited for around $190 million (roughly Rs. 1,509 crore). The protocol, which allows users to transfer tokens from Ethereum to other chains, requested "white hat hackers" and "ethical researchers" to return funds in a tweet earlier.
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UIDAI Bug Bounty Programme: 20 Ethical Hackers to Reportedly Detect, Fix Aadhaar Data Security Issues
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has called out for ethical hackers who will detect and fix vulnerabilities in the Aadhar security system, as per a report. They will be given access to the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) that stores the Aadhaar data of 1.32 billion Indians.
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Ukraine Ethical Hackers Bewildered as HackerOne Bug Bounty Platform Said to Halt Their Payouts
Ethical hackers in Ukraine are feeling lost amid the ongoing disruption from Russia as bug bounty platform HackerOne has withheld their payouts. Some of them have taken the issue to social media.
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"No Data Breach In Aarogya Setu App": Government On Hacker's Red Flag
There is no security breach in coronavirus tracking app Aarogya Setu, the government said today in response to claims by a French "white hat", or ethical hacker, who said on Tuesday that the "privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake". The hacker also said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who has repeatedly warned against the app, "was right". In a statem...
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Oyo Launches Bug Bounty Programme to Strengthen Platform Security
Oyo has said that it will introduce a bug bounty programme towards ensuring that there is a credible and continuous flow of positive feedback from independent security groups and individual researchers to mitigate against any bug or shortfall in the company's systems.
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This 23-Year-Old Indian Hacker Is Raking in Big Bucks Finding Bugs
Meet 23-year-old Shivam Vashist from north India, a hacker associated with San Francisco-based HackerOne which is a vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform and boasts of clients like Starbucks, Instagram, Goldman Sachs, Twitter, Zomato and OnePlus.
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HBO Offered $250,000 to Hackers to Prevent Leaks: Report
HBO termed it as "bug bounty payment", calling it part of a programme that rewarded ethical hackers.
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Bug Bounty Hunters Say They Aren't Welcome in India
Bug bounty hunters are ethical hackers who point out weaknesses in a company's security, in exchange for rewards and recognition. But the ones we spoke to say they're not welcomed by Indian companies.
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Indian Hacker Had Warned Zomato Of Problems. Like Others, He Was Ignored
Kanishk Sajnan says he did not receive so much as a thank you from a major airline when he contacted them with alarming news -- he had hacked their website and could book flights anywhere in the world for free.
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India's Ethical Hackers Rewarded Abroad, Ignored at Home
India produces more ethical hackers - those who break into computer networks to expose, rather than exploit, weaknesses - than anywhere else in the world.
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We're Ethical Hackers, Says Saurabh Bharadwaj Who Led AAP's Show-And-Tell
Arvind Kejriwals Aam Aadm Party or AAP is unfazed by the criticism that its attempt to prove that voting machines can be rigged had a fundamental flaw- it didnt use an actual voting machine, but a simulacrum.
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Ditch Computers to Save Democracy, Says Ethical Hacker
Sijmen Ruwhof says the only sure way to protect the integrity of election results is to return to paper and pen.
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From A Gurugram Basement, A 22-Year-Old Hacks Bank Site In Three Hours
The setting at this Gurugram office building basement could resemble a cool startup software company, complete with bean bags, bright furniture and Red Bulls instead of coffee. A group of 5 computer professionals work around a huge table, engrossed in their laptops. But that's where the similarity ends. The young men are busy trying to hack into on...
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Parliamentary Panel Suggests Setting Up Framework to Deal With Cyber Crimes
A parliamentary panel on Thursday expressed concern over mushrooming of cyber crimes and increasing data vulnerability, and suggested that the government should come out with a framework to deal with such risks. The Standing Committee on Finance recommended setting up of Cyber Protection Authority (CPA) and advocated that the CPA engage ethical ha...
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India's First Quantum Computing-Based Telecom Network Link Operational, Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Says
India's first quantum computing-based telecom network link is now operational in the national capital, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Monday. The minister also announced a Rs. 10 lakh reward for ethical hackers who can break the encryption of the system.
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White Hat Hackers Return $9 Million to Nomad After $190 Million Exploit Wrecks Cross-Chain Bridge
Hackers sent back $9 million (roughly Rs. 71 crore) to Nomad a day after the cross-chain bridge was exploited for around $190 million (roughly Rs. 1,509 crore). The protocol, which allows users to transfer tokens from Ethereum to other chains, requested "white hat hackers" and "ethical researchers" to return funds in a tweet earlier.
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UIDAI Bug Bounty Programme: 20 Ethical Hackers to Reportedly Detect, Fix Aadhaar Data Security Issues
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has called out for ethical hackers who will detect and fix vulnerabilities in the Aadhar security system, as per a report. They will be given access to the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) that stores the Aadhaar data of 1.32 billion Indians.
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Ukraine Ethical Hackers Bewildered as HackerOne Bug Bounty Platform Said to Halt Their Payouts
Ethical hackers in Ukraine are feeling lost amid the ongoing disruption from Russia as bug bounty platform HackerOne has withheld their payouts. Some of them have taken the issue to social media.
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"No Data Breach In Aarogya Setu App": Government On Hacker's Red Flag
There is no security breach in coronavirus tracking app Aarogya Setu, the government said today in response to claims by a French "white hat", or ethical hacker, who said on Tuesday that the "privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake". The hacker also said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who has repeatedly warned against the app, "was right". In a statem...
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Oyo Launches Bug Bounty Programme to Strengthen Platform Security
Oyo has said that it will introduce a bug bounty programme towards ensuring that there is a credible and continuous flow of positive feedback from independent security groups and individual researchers to mitigate against any bug or shortfall in the company's systems.
-
This 23-Year-Old Indian Hacker Is Raking in Big Bucks Finding Bugs
Meet 23-year-old Shivam Vashist from north India, a hacker associated with San Francisco-based HackerOne which is a vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform and boasts of clients like Starbucks, Instagram, Goldman Sachs, Twitter, Zomato and OnePlus.
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HBO Offered $250,000 to Hackers to Prevent Leaks: Report
HBO termed it as "bug bounty payment", calling it part of a programme that rewarded ethical hackers.
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Bug Bounty Hunters Say They Aren't Welcome in India
Bug bounty hunters are ethical hackers who point out weaknesses in a company's security, in exchange for rewards and recognition. But the ones we spoke to say they're not welcomed by Indian companies.
-
Indian Hacker Had Warned Zomato Of Problems. Like Others, He Was Ignored
Kanishk Sajnan says he did not receive so much as a thank you from a major airline when he contacted them with alarming news -- he had hacked their website and could book flights anywhere in the world for free.
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India's Ethical Hackers Rewarded Abroad, Ignored at Home
India produces more ethical hackers - those who break into computer networks to expose, rather than exploit, weaknesses - than anywhere else in the world.
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We're Ethical Hackers, Says Saurabh Bharadwaj Who Led AAP's Show-And-Tell
Arvind Kejriwals Aam Aadm Party or AAP is unfazed by the criticism that its attempt to prove that voting machines can be rigged had a fundamental flaw- it didnt use an actual voting machine, but a simulacrum.
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Ditch Computers to Save Democracy, Says Ethical Hacker
Sijmen Ruwhof says the only sure way to protect the integrity of election results is to return to paper and pen.
-
From A Gurugram Basement, A 22-Year-Old Hacks Bank Site In Three Hours
The setting at this Gurugram office building basement could resemble a cool startup software company, complete with bean bags, bright furniture and Red Bulls instead of coffee. A group of 5 computer professionals work around a huge table, engrossed in their laptops. But that's where the similarity ends. The young men are busy trying to hack into on...
