The U.S. Marine Corps Resolves Nearly 150 Vulnerabilities Thanks to Hackers
“I think we found something good,” said hackers @sumlac, @teknogeek, and @johnny said to a member of the MARFORCYBER team at the kickoff live hacking…
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[Alert] Stored XSS in WordPress Plugin Jetpack
Sucuri recently discovered a stored XSS in all versions from 2.0 (released in November 2012) of the popular WordPress plugin Jetpack. The plugin has over 1 million active…
Say Yes To Cyber Help
In 2016, the DoD said Yes to cyber help by launching the Hack the Pentagon program. It took 13 minutes for them to receive their…
Detectify at PHP Meetup – Detectify Blog
On May 11th, we co-organised a PHP security meetup together with PHP Stockholm at SUP46, where our knowledge advisor Frans Rosén talked about vulnerabilities and…
h1-5411 Recap – Argentina! Oath Bug Bounty
For the first time, HackerOne kicked off fall by migrating south. Way south. All the way to Buenos Aires, Argentina! Oath, a media and tech…
[Release] New scan profile overview allows you to see progress over time
Our brand new scan profile overview is finally here! For a long time, we have preached continuous security, encouraging our users to schedule recurring tests…
The Best is Yet To Come: DOD Awards New Hack the Pentagon Contract to HackerOne
Today we celebrate cyber defense. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Digital Service (DDS) announced expansion of the Hack the Pentagon crowdsourced security program and…
IT Security FAQ 9: What is the difference between a firewall, antivirus and services like Detectify?
Cyber security overall has a pretty wide spectrum, and solves vulnerability issues in different ways. Antivirus is the traditional method, where a program looks through…
Financial Services: Tips for Bug Bounty Success
In our recent webinar, “Bug Bounty Programs: Lessons Learned From Implementation In The Financial Service Industry”, we heard some great tips from an appsec leader…
IT Security FAQ 10: What is malware, phishing, spyware, data mining and DDoS?
Malware is an umbrella term for viruses, trojans, spyware, adware etc. It is an abbreviation of “malicious software”. Spyware, as the name implies, is software that spies…
What To Do When You’re Stuck Hacking
Hacking can be tedious work. Sometimes you’ve been looking for hours, perhaps days, and you’re unable to find a security vulnerability. It can be demotivating at…
OWASP TOP 10: Security Misconfiguration
Security misconfiguration is the fifth vulnerability on OWASP‘s list of the ten most common vulnerabilities. A proof of concept video follows this article. OWASP is…