By Ann Longmore-Etheridge
Computerworld reports on more weaknesses in eBay's information security. Interviewed is Yassar Ali, an ethical hacker, who says he has found vulnerabilities and disclosed them to eBay. Unlike other online giants, eBay does not remunerate white hat hackers for finding potentially cripplng weaknesses that could be exploited by black hat hackers."Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and others pay independent researchers rewards up to thousands of dollars for security information. The payments are an incentive for security enthusiasts, who spend long hours on their own time to look for flaws," notes Computerworld. "The crowd-sourced approach is more efficient for companies, since they benefit from having many pairs of eyes on their operations."
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