• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-18-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Failure to patch known ImageMagick flaw for months costs Facebook $40k

It’s not common for a security-conscious internet company to leave a well-known vulnerability unpatched for months, but it happens. Facebook paid a US$40,000 reward to a researcher after he warned the company that its servers were vulnerable to an exploit […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-18-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Failure to patch known ImageMagick flaw for months costs Facebook $40k

It’s not common for a security-conscious internet company to leave a well-known vulnerability unpatched for months, but it happens. Facebook paid a US$40,000 reward to a researcher after he warned the company that its servers were vulnerable to an exploit […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-18-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Modern warfare: Death-dealing drones and … illegal parking?

A cloud of 3D-printed drones big enough to bring down the latest U.S. stealth fighter, the F35, was just one of the combat scenarios evoked in a discussion of the future of warfare at the World Economic Forum in Davos […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-18-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Snowden’s stay in Russia has been extended by the Russian government

U.S. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden will be allowed to stay in Russia for “another couple of years,” according to a spokeswoman for the government there.The Russian government has extended the residence permit for Snowden, the former NSA contractor charged […]