bug hunting

Study of global hackers and the economics of security research

June 25, 2020

Human ingenuity supported by actionable intelligence were found to be critical ingredients to maintaining a resilient infrastructure, Bugcrowd reveals. In fact, 78% of hackers …

Full-time bug hunting: Pros and cons of an emerging career

April 7, 2020

Being a bug hunter who discloses their discoveries to vendors (as opposed to selling the information to the highest bidder) has been and is an ambition of many ethical …

Hacking has become a viable career, according to HackerOne

February 28, 2020

HackerOne announced findings from the 2020 Hacker Report, which reveals that the concept of hacking as a viable career has become a reality, with 18% describing themselves as …

Microsoft sets up isolated environment for bug hunters to test attacks against Azure

August 6, 2019

Microsoft has some very good news for bug hunters: not only has the company doubled the top bounty reward for vulnerabilities discovered in its Azure cloud computing service, …

Researchers working on tools that aim to eliminate computer bugs

May 6, 2019

It’s bad enough losing an hour’s work when your computer crashes – but in settings like healthcare and aviation, software glitches can have far more serious consequences. In …

Should we add bugs to software to put off attackers?

August 8, 2018

A group of New York University researchers are testing a new approach to software security: adding more bugs to it instead of removing them. The idea is to “drown …

Vulnerability research and responsible disclosure: Advice from an industry veteran

July 23, 2018

“Everything changes once you have to supervise and mentor and schedule and coordinate and keep in mind all the things others don’t. You often have to hold back your own …

Hacker-powered security is reaching critical mass

July 12, 2018

HackerOne announced findings from the 2018 Hacker-Powered Security Report, based on over 72,000 resolved security vulnerabilities, 1,000 customer programs and more than $31 …

Crowdsourced security trends: Payouts to hackers increase

June 7, 2018

Bugcrowd has released the 2018 Bugcrowd State of Bug Bounty Report, which analyzes proprietary platform data collected from more than 700 crowdsourced security programs …

Is ethical hacking more lucrative than software engineering?

January 18, 2018

HackerOne published its 2018 Hacker Report, which examines the geography, demographics, experience, tools used and motivations of nearly 2,000 bug bounty hackers across 100 …

What motivates bug hunters?

November 16, 2017

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

October 19, 2017

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 …