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Ronin Network hacked, $12 million returned by "white hat" hackers
2024-08-07 23:08

Gambling blockchain Ronin Network suffered a security incident yesterday when white hat hackers exploited an undocumented vulnerability on the Ronin bridge to withdraw 4,000 ETH and 2 million...

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2024-01-05 12:19

The Ultimate 2020 White Hat Hacker Certification Bundle provides 10 detailed courses to get you up to speed on using hacking skills for positive ends. Then reinforce your skills with an ethical hacking and security masterclass with more hands-on exercises and practices.

White Hat Hackers Discover Microsoft Leak of 38TB of Internal Data Via Azure Storage
2023-09-19 06:57

Microsoft has patched a vulnerability that exposed 38TB of private data from its AI research division. The repository held 38TB of private data, secrets, private keys, passwords and the open-source AI training data.

Let white-hat hackers stick a probe in those voting machines, say senators
2023-05-11 21:35

Senators Mark Warner and Susan Collins this week introduced an amendment to the Help America Vote Act that would require the nation's Election Assistance Commission to include penetration testing in its certification process of voting hardware and software. That tech would need to undergo pen testing before it could be used in elections.

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2022-10-13 09:27

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2022-10-01 07:00

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Want to become a white-hat hacker? Here's what you need to know
2021-08-25 21:12

Have you ever wanted to be a hacker, but work for the good guys? Few fields are more interesting or more in demand than almost anything related to cybersecurity, and the extremely affordable 2021 All-in-One Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing Bundle has nine courses designed to teach beginners all they need to know to legally hack into some of the world's leading websites. "Applications & Penetration Testing: Fast Start" will get explain the main high points of ethical hacking.

Hacker Dubbed 'Mr White Hat' to Return Entire Stolen Crypto Fortune
2021-08-12 17:57

A firm specializing in transferring cryptocurrency said Thursday that a hacker they are calling "Mr White Hat" was giving back all $613 million in digital loot from a record haul. The hacker said the heist was pulled "For fun" to expose a flaw that could have cost Poly Network dearly and undermined faith in cryptocurrencies.

White hats reported key Kaseya VSA flaw months ago. Ransomware outran the patch
2021-07-08 06:19

One of the vulnerabilities in Kaseya's IT management software VSA that was exploited by miscreants to infect up to 1,500 businesses with ransomware was reported to the vendor in April - and the patch just wasn't ready in time. Kaseya pulled the plug on its software-as-a-service offering of VSA, and urged all of its customers to switch off their VSA servers to avoid being hit by the ransomware.

White Hats Earn $440,000 for Hacking Microsoft Products on First Day of Pwn2Own 2021
2021-04-07 10:48

On the first day of the Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition, participants earned more than half a million dollars, including $440,000 for demonstrating exploits against Microsoft products. The competition's organizer, Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, said there were seven attempts on the first day and five of them were successful.