The first bug bounty program organized by the US Department of Homeland Security has revealed a total of 122 vulnerabilities, 27 of which have been labeled critical. Last December, Homeland Security launched the “Hack DHS” program. The program consists of three phases. First, a model was developed that other government agencies can also use to […]

Several Russian government sites are inaccessible after ddos attacks. Among others, the websites of the Kremlin, the Russian government and the Ministry of Defense are down. Several Twitter accounts claim the attacks are in the name of Anonymous.

Parts of Nvidia have likely been offline for two days due to a cyber attack. It is not yet known if any data was captured or if Nvidia was otherwise harmed.

WordPress introduces an emergency patch for four serious vulnerabilities. WordPress 5.8.3 is available immediately.

Steam has now set a new user record; there were 28.2 million concurrent users in the past weekend. Exactly two years ago, there were ten million fewer users simultaneously online on the game platform.

Security researcher Troy Hunt has added leaked usernames and passwords from rap mixtape website DatPiff to Have I been Pwned. In November, data from nearly 7.5 million members appeared on a hacker forum.

Microsoft is not going to remove developer mode on Xbox. The company’s program manager confirmed this on Twitter. This week there were rumors that Microsoft might be discontinuing the mode and its program after some accounts were deleted. Notably, on the Xbox Series S and X, gamers could use that mode to use the console

AWS has introduced a new service that allows customers to create virtual private cloud (VPC) environments using only IPv6 addresses. This would be especially useful for workloads and applications that use a lot of IP addresses. VPC environments are almost always available in a dual-stack mode in public cloud environments. It means that the environments

Spotify will display clickable ad banners in its app in the US while playing an audio ad in a podcast. The so-called call-to-action cards are intended to generate more visitors to advertisers’ websites. The clickable banners only appear in the US for now. As soon as a new ad for a product or service starts