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Microsoft, Google, and Facebook team up on new bug bounty program

2013-11-07 14:05:25| InfoWorld: Top News

A new bug bounty program sponsored by Microsoft and Facebook will reward security researchers for finding and reporting vulnerabilities in widely used software that have the potential to affect a large number of Internet users. The program will be run by a panel of researchers from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and several other companies who helped manage or participated in other security bounty programs over the years.

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EPA Seeks Public Input on Newly Designed Graphic for Bug Repellent Labels

2013-11-06 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

According to Federal Register Notice released by U.S. EPA, public input is being sought on new insect repellent graphic for skin-applied insect repellent product labels. Applied voluntarily by manufacturers, graphic will provide consumers with health information, such as estimated number of hours product will repel potentially harmful insects when used as directed, in prominent and standardized format. Label has been in development for past 4 years by EPA, focus groups, and manufacturers. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations

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Linux 4.0 may have only bug fixes, no new features

2013-11-04 16:25:05| InfoWorld: Top News

Linux operating system creator Linus Torvalds has proposed that Linux 4.0, an upcoming release of the open-source software, should be dedicated to stability and bug fixing. Although his initial reaction to a suggestion for a separate bug-fixing release from Dirk Hohndel, chief Linux and open source technologist at Intel, was to criticize it, as "I didn't see most of us having the attention span required for that," Torvalds is now asking for comments on a proposal to have Linux 4.0 as the bug-fix release in about a year's time.

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iOS apps vulnerable to Wi-Fi hijacking bug

2013-10-30 12:14:00| InfoWorld: Top News

Researchers from device security firm Skycure have unearthed an unnerving vulnerability in iOS that can be used to hijack a number of apps when used on an insecure Wi-Fi network.

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