AgileBits, the developer behind 1Password, just upped the ante for bug hunters, putting up $100,000 for anyone who can break into a 1Password vault and obtain a plain text file full of “bad poetry.”
Previously, the “capture the flag” bug bounty was a mere $25,000, but in order to push security researchers to find vulnerabilities in the 1Password platform — and to demonstrate its effectiveness — AgileBits raised the bounty fourfold.
The bug bounty is up on BugCrowd, a platform for crowdsourcing bug hunts, where companies can easily reward security researchers for discovering security vulnerabilities in their products. It’s the biggest bounty currently on the platform, and AgileBits claims the bounty is a measure of how seriously it takes the security of 1Password users.
“We owe it to our customers to do everything in our power to keep them and their information secure. This means using the ingenuity of real people to help us continually improve the security of 1Password. It was important to us to demonstrate how seriously we take this contribution and have increased the prize to prove it,” said Jeff Shiner of AgileBits, speaking with Tom’s Hardware.
The bug bounty specifies a particular account which researchers will have to breach in order to access the bad poetry file. It’s a more focused attack than most users would ever be subjected to, but it’s a good way to stress test the 1Password platform’s overall security.
Password managers are getting more popular every day, and they’re a great way to add an extra layer of security to your digital life, but they’re only as secure as the password you use to access your password manager.
If you use your master password elsewhere, hackers could get into your password manager indirectly. Still, this bug bounty is an excellent way to test how well 1Password works as a platform, without having to compensate for user error.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
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"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.