bug bounty
What motivates bug hunters?
Crowdsourced security penetration testing outfit Bugcrowd has released its second annual “Mind of a Hacker” report, to provide insight into bug hunters’ …
Google wants bug hunters to probe popular Android apps for bugs
Google has started another bug bounty initiative: the Google Play Security Reward Program. While the name of the program might suggest that bug hunters will be after …
The Internet Bug Bounty offers rewards for bugs in data processing libraries
The Internet Bug Bounty (IBB), a project aimed at finding and fixing vulnerabilities in core internet infrastructure and free open source software, has announced that it will …
Samsung offers up to $200,000 for bugs in its devices, services
South Korean giant Samsung Electronics is now offering bounties for reported bugs in its mobile devices, software and services. “The rewards program kicked off with a …
Drone maker DJI launches bug bounty program
Chinese consumer drone maker DJI has announced that it’s starting a bug bounty program and has invited researchers to discover and responsibly disclose issues that could …
Dash invites researchers to hack their blockchain
Thousands of security researchers will be incentivized to identify critical software vulnerabilities within Dash’s code and present them to the Dash Core Team for remediation. …
US DOJ publishes guidelines for setting up a vulnerability disclosure program
Instituting a vulnerability disclosure program (aka bug bounty program) that won’t blow up in the organization’s face can be a daunting task. Some will prefer to …
Microsoft offers rewards for Windows bugs
Microsoft is asking researchers to look for bugs inside the latest Windows 10 version (Insider Preview slow ring). Remote code execution bugs can net finders up to $15,000, …
Organizations award hackers up to $900,000 a year in bug bounties
A new HackerOne report examines over 800 hacker-powered programs from organizations including Airbnb, GitHub, General Motors, Intel, Lufthansa, Nintendo, U.S. Department of …
Crowdsourced security testing and bug bounties
In the past few years, the bug bounty economy has been growing steadily, with more organizations getting on board every day. In this podcast, Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at High-Tech …
Microsoft extends the Microsoft Edge Bounty Program
Initially time-bound, the Microsoft Edge Bounty Program has now been turned into one that will run indefinitely, Microsoft has announced. The past and present of the Microsoft …
WordPress announces bug bounty program
WordPress Foundation is the latest organization to publicly announce a bug bounty program set up on the HackerOne platform. What’s in scope of the WordPress bug bounty …