Security News

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: The attack surface is growing faster than it has at any other point in the history of technology Avast launched its...

European Court of Justice Gets Non-Binding Legal Opinion From Advocate GeneralEurope's "right to be forgotten" should not apply worldwide, but only inside the EU, according to a non-binding...

European Court of Justice Gets Non-Binding Legal Opinion From Advocate GeneralEurope's "right to be forgotten" should not apply worldwide, but only inside the EU, according to a non-binding...

An adviser to Europe's top court says Google doesn't have to extend "right to be forgotten" rules to its search engines globally. The European Court of Justice's advocate general released a...

The EU is offering "bug bounties on Free Software projects that the EU institutions rely on." Slashdot thread....

After setting up a bug bounty program for VLC Media Player in late 2017, the European Commission (EC) has announced the launch of 14 new ones that will cover other free and open source software...

Rewards on 15 bug bounty programs start at $28,600 and include open source software such as KeePass, FileZilla, Drupal and VLC media player.

As the bug bounty programs begin to roll out in January, security experts worry that the programs miss the mark on truly securing open source projects.

The European Union is offering a total of more than €850,000 – nearly $1 million – for vulnerabilities found in 14 widely used free and open source software projects. read more

If there isn't a name by 28 February – ooo, just you wait The US has been told once again to appoint a permanent ombudsperson to oversee the deal governing transatlantic data flows, but this time...