Virtual hacker vs. real hacker and the war is fought on the web

Mayhem software, after winning the hacking competition organized by Darpa, is preparing to put its functionality at the service of the real world Mayhem software, developed by Pittsburgh-based startup ForAllSecure, won a two million dollar prize for uncovering more “bugs” in a computer system than its competitors in the virtual hacker challenge at the recent Grand … Read more

Docs.com, privacy issues for shared files

Sharing service linked to Office online allowed anyone to search the hundreds of thousands of documents uploaded to the cloud Privacy issues for Microsoft. A document sharing site linked to Office online, in fact, allowed anyone to search the database and access private files of unsuspecting users. A big problem, at a time when the … Read more