Monthly Archives: June 2015
June 24, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Blog posts
Password service manager, LastPass, was hacked. The company acknowledged in a post that they have been a target of a recent security breach where attackers accessed user email addresses, master passwords, and password reminder phrases.
Tags: data breach, data hack, Lastpass
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June 18, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Researches
One challenge moved down and four new challenges entered our Top 5 Hackme’s for May 2015. Restrictions Bypass – PHP took the top spot for the most number of users taking the challenge for the month.
Hack.me is a place for web app security enthusiasts who want to test their skills and try to break into these exercises.
Tags: hack.me, hackme, top 5 hackme
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June 14, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Researches
Information security researchers, here's something you might fancy. Mozilla has increased their five-year bug bounty reward program and has provided options for payout options for other vulnerabilities discovered.
Tags: bug bounty program, mozilla, reward, wapt
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June 12, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Company News
The finest training course on web application security - Web Application Penetration Testing v2, WAPTv2 - launches on June 23. This FREE webinar will be hosted by IT Security Researcher, Davide "GiRa" Girardi, and eLearnSecurity Founder and CEO, Armando Romeo. Reserve your FREE seat and to get updates, specials and your event ticket here: WAPTv2 Course Launch Early Bird Registration
Tags: course launch, wapt, waptv2, web app security, web application penetration testing
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June 7, 2015 | by Edcel Suyo | Researches
Japan Pension Service (JPS) announced that they have been hacked and data of about 1.25 million people was leaked. These data include names, address, pension IDs, and birth dates. According to a report, the reason for the leakage was due to an employee opening an attachment from an email which contained a virus.
Tags: email attack, Japan Pension Service, security awareness training, targeted email attack
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