Facebook just released details of how much it paid out in bug bounties for 2014. Rewards ranged from $500 to over $50,000…
Daily Archives: February 27, 2015
Europol takedown of Ramnit botnet frees 3.2 million PCs from cybercriminals’ grasp
In an international operation coordinated with multiple law enforcement and industry partners, Europol led a takedown of the infrastructure of the Ramnit botnet that infected 3.2 million Windows computers.
Facebook comes up with new ways to reach out to the suicidal
Where would you turn, and what would you do, if you saw a post that seemed suicidal from a Facebook friend? Facebook has some answers. 
Say hello to net neutrality – FCC votes to “protect the open internet”
The FCC has voted in favor of net neutrality. Broadband is now a US public utility, free of blocking, throttling or paid prioritization, and also subject to greater government regulation.
Anthem healthcare breach is smaller – and bigger – than first thought
There’s good and bad news about Anthem’s recent data breach. The bad news includes the risk to between 8.8M and 18M non-customers who were in Anthem’s database anyway…