Google is temporarily offering a triple reward to bug bounty hunters who report functional full-chain exploits that can escape the Chrome browser’s sandbox. The bonus is effective until December 1, 2023. A sandbox is a security feature that isolates code from the rest of the system, making it more difficult …

In his budget speech for the fiscal year 2023-24, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal announced the launch of a digital bank. He said that the bank would be established to expand and accelerate efforts at financial inclusion. A committee of Bangladesh Bank has been working on the establishment of the …

Bitdefender, a global cybersecurity leader, has unveiled GravityZone Security for Mobile, a comprehensive mobile security solution that protects Android, iOS, and Chromebook devices from a wide range of threats, including malware, phishing, and ransomware. GravityZone Security for Mobile leverages Bitdefender’s industry-leading antimalware and advanced threat intelligence solutions to provide real-time …

Amazon has agreed to pay nearly $31 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in order to resolve allegations related to its Alexa and Ring home security businesses. The larger portion of the settlement, amounting to $25 million, will address accusations that Amazon violated the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection …

Facebook and Google, two prominent social media and tech companies, have established data centers in Kolkata, West Bengal, benefiting internet users in India, particularly in that state. Users can now access Facebook and Google websites with relative speed and efficiency. Additionally, the imported bandwidth from these data centers is extending …

Misconfigured systems can spill data, which can be used by threat actors to breach a company’s systems and hijack communication channels. In one instance, a misconfiguration issue in Swiss real estate agency Neho’s website exposed sensitive credentials for AWS, email services, communication tools, and review platforms to the public. This …

Google CTF 2023 Capture the Flag (CTF) exercises have been around for several years and provide a great challenge and knowledge for ethical hackers and bug bounty hunters. Many companies conduct CTF competitions as part of their security enhancement efforts. Tech giants like Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft have vulnerability …

Cybersecurity researchers are warning that CAPTCHA-breaking services are being offered for sale to bypass systems designed to distinguish legitimate users from bot traffic. These services work by farming out CAPTCHA-breaking tasks to actual human solvers. This makes it easy for customers of CAPTCHA-breaking services to develop automated tools against online …

NASA and its partners have achieved a record data transmission speed of 200 gigabits per second (Gbps) using lasers. This new capability could revolutionize space exploration by enabling scientists to collect and transmit more data than ever before. Traditionally, NASA has used radio waves to communicate with spacecraft. However, radio …