Security News

Week in review: Mitsubishi Outlander hack, Mozilla funds open source code audits (Help Net Security)
2016-06-13 11:30

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Researchers hack the Mitsubishi Outlander SUV, shut off alarm remotely Mitsubishi Outlander, a popular hybrid SUV sold...

Mozilla will fund code audits for open source software (Help Net Security)
2016-06-10 14:28

The Mozilla Foundation has set up the Secure Open Source (SOS) Fund, whose aim is to help open source software projects get rid their code of vulnerabilities. “The Fund is part of the Mozilla Open...

Corruption, Code Execution Vulnerabilities Patched in Open Source Archiver 7-Zip (Threatpost)
2016-05-12 19:11

Several vulnerabilities were fixed this week in the file archiver 7-Zip which could have led to arbitrary code execution and file corruption.

Facebook CTF platform is now open source (Help Net Security)
2016-05-12 17:22

Capture the Flag competitions are a good – not to mention legal – way for hackers to build and hone their skills. But, quality CTF environments are difficult and expensive to build and run. This...