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  1. Announcing the Security Researcher Quarterly Leaderboard

    Right before Black Hat USA 2019, we announced our new researcher recognition program, and at Black Hat we announced the top researchers from the previous twelve months. Since it’s easier to track your progress with regular updates than with just an annual report, we are excited to announce the...
  2. NEWS First Shellshock botnet attacks Akamai, US DoD networks

    Wopbot on the rampage. Attackers have been quick to exploit the Shellshock Bash command interpreter bug disclosed yesterday by building a botnet that is currently trying to infect other servers, according to a security researcher. The "wopbot" botnet is active and scanning the internet for...
  3. Announcing the Microsoft Bounty Programs

    Over the years, we've put a lot of work into helping secure the computing ecosystem and limiting the number of issues in our products. The security researcher community is critical to these efforts, as they help us find vulnerabilities in our software that we may have missed. Now we're taking...
  4. Windows 7 Security Researcher Slams Sophos Antivirus as Substandard

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  5. Windows 7 New Microsoft Malware Protection Center Research and Response Lab in Munich

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  6. Microsoft latest security risk: "Cookiejacking

    BOSTON (Reuters) – A computer security researcher has found a flaw in Microsoft Corp's widely used Internet Explorer browser that he said could let hackers steal credentials to access FaceBook, Twitter and other websites. He calls the technique "cookiejacking." "Any website. Any cookie...
  7. Unpatched DLL bugs let hackers exploit Windows 7 and IE9, says researcher

    Although Microsoft has patched multiple DLL load hijacking vulnerabilities since last summer, Windows and Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) can still be exploited, a security company warned today. Link Removed
  8. University of Southern California researcher spoofs Googles prank (w/ video)

    You may remember that just a few days ago, the folks over at Google decided to play a little prank on the world. For April Fools Day they created a spoof video about a supposed new feature, Gmail Motion. If you didn't get to see the prank first hand, you can take a look at Link Removed - Invalid...
  9. Pwn2Own 2011: IE8 on Windows 7 hijacked with 3 vulnerabilities

    Using three different vulnerabilities and clever exploitation techniques, Irish security researcher Stephen Fewer successfully hacked into a 64-bit Windows 7 (SP1) running Internet Explorer 8 to win this year’s CanSecWest hacker challenge. More...
  10. Windows 7 John Platt: Introduction to Sho

    Link Removed is an interactive environment for data analysis and scientific computing that lets you seamlessly connect scripts (in IronPython) with compiled code (in .NET) to enable fast and flexible prototyping. The environment includes powerful and efficient libraries for linear algebra as...