Friday Squid Blogging: Cannibal Squid

The Gonatus squid eats its own kind.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.

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Hack An iPhone And Earn $1.5 Million Instantly

Hacking the new iPhone can make you rich instantly

A private company that sells exploits has just announced a huge reward for exploiting Apple’s new iOS platform. For anyone who is able to find an exploit in the new OS, the company will pay $1.5 million in prize money.

Zerodium is behind this challenge. It is a company that purchases zero day vulnerabilities and exploits and then pays heavy rewards to anyone who is able to discover any known flaws or security loopholes within popular system software.

Zerodium is going to only pay for finding exploits in fully patched iPhones and iPads. They are encouraging researchers to find these exploits by putting large prizes on the board.

Read more details http://www.zdnet.com/article/you-can-now-earn-1-5-million-for-hacking-the-iphone/

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Imitation uBlock Origin app spotted on Chrome Store

Today, one of our researchers noticed a fake version of uBlock Origin, uploaded on the 29th of September, on the Chrome Web Store. If ever you find yourself searching for the said app within the store, you'll want to avoid imitations... Categories: Cybercrime Social engineering Tags: fake ad blockerfake chrome extensionfake ublock origin app (Read more...)

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Microsoft’s Brad Smith fires back at Salesforce: Looking forward to making CRM more competitive

Microsoft President Brad Smith isn't one to shy away from a fight when he thinks his company is in the right — see his fight with the U.S. government over secret access to customer information.

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Microsoft’s Brad Smith fires back at Salesforce: Looking forward to making CRM more competitive

Microsoft President Brad Smith isn't one to shy away from a fight when he thinks his company is in the right — see his fight with the U.S. government over secret access to customer information.

read more

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Security Barriers in the Adaptation of Cloud Technology

Cloud computing adoption continues accelerating; research by IDG found that 69% of enterprises have either applications or infrastructures running in the cloud. As organizations are adopting cloud... Go on to the site to read the full article

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Penetration Testing: Job Knowledge & Professional Development

Interested in starting a career in penetration testing? This is actually a good time to get in the field, as security has taken center stage in the IT activities of all companies and organizations... Go on to the site to read the full article

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