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AT&T to sponsor DefCon Kids

article published on 17 July, 2012

AT&T has announced it will be sponsor DefCon Kids, a competition for kids to find the most zero-day bugs in mobile apps. The carrier has teamed up with 11-year old hacker "CyFi," who reported a number of mobile vulnerabilities to the carrier last year. One such vulnerability, explains DR, was a "'time-travel' flaw in her mobile gaming app that let her move time ahead on the device ... [ read the full article ]

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LordRuss
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_ 		18. July 2012 @ 11:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And from out of the mouths of babes... only moronic kids would attempt these 'contests'. Does anyone remember the last 'contest'? It was a flytrap for the unwittingly to get stuck in, just like one of those 'lottery' stings the police pull every now & then we hear about when they try to clear the books of all kinds of criminal malfeasance.

Everything from accrued parking tickets to assault charges, they take out adds in all the mediums about lottery wins & if your name shows up - come in & claim your prize. A new set of cuffs & whatever outstanding warrant awaits your ass.

I mean let's be seriously honest here people... DoD & the NSA are just a couple of the sponsors? Not that my kids aren't already in the headlights of one government agency or another, but to make doubly sure they've got reflective vests on & can be seen from 1K yards away?

Talk about painting a target on your back.
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oneguy
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_ 		19. July 2012 @ 04:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Definitely not worth an ipad and a thousand bucks.
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