[Year 12 SofDev] Data security: Pen test

[Mark]

http://www.wired.com/2016/03/uber-bug-bounties/

"On Tuesday, Uber announced that it's officially launching a “bug- bounty”
program that will pay independent security researchers thousands of dollars
in rewards for finding hackable bugs in its apps and websites. That makes
the ride-sharing firm the latest tech giant to adopt the strategy of
crowdsourcing the auditing of its code to shore it up against less
benevolent hackers. Finding a bug that could deface Uber's homepage or
expose users' email addresses earns $5,000, for instance, while one that
could fully take over Uber accounts or run malicious code on an Uber
production server can earn as much as $10,000."

Tip: Wired.com has lately begun punishing people using ad blockers in their
browsers. After a screen or so, a message appears telling you how ashamed
you should be.
As a countermeasure, when the page first loads, press CTRL+P and print the
page to a PDF file. Then you can read it at leisure.

Mark

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Mark Kelly

mark at vceit.com
http://vceit.com
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