crowdsourced security

Cybersecurity industry trends from 2021 bound to shape this year’s threat landscape
Bugcrowd released its report to spotlight the key cybersecurity trends from 2021, including the rise in the adoption of crowdsourced security due to the global shift to hybrid …

How much is a vulnerability worth?
As part of its crowdsourced security program, Zoom has recently increased the maximum payout for vulnerabilities to $50,000. Such figures make great headlines and attract new …

High-risk vulnerabilities discovery increased 65% in 2020
2020 has been a record year for crowdsourced cybersecurity adoption, with enterprises across all industries implementing crowdsourced cybersecurity programs to keep up with …

Companies rely on crowdsourced security to boost security efforts
61% of organizations perform attack surface discovery to offset frequently changing assets in their attack surface and attack surface expansion, yet 40% of companies perform …

Can automated penetration testing replace humans?
In the past few years, the use of automation in many spheres of cybersecurity has increased dramatically, but penetration testing has remained stubbornly immune to it. While …

Spotting and blacklisting malicious COVID-19-themed sites
Since last December, over 136,000 new COVID-19-themed domains have popped up and, while many host legitimate websites, others have been set up to serve malware, phishing …

Crowdsourced pentesting is not without its issues
Crowdsourced security isn’t new anymore, having existed in one form or another as a consumable enterprise service since 2013 with the launch of the main crowdsourced platforms …

The rise of continuous crowdsourced security testing for compliance
A large percentage of organizations and institutions are moving toward a rigorous, continuous testing model to ensure compliance, a Synack report reveals. As part of this …

90% of companies interested in crowdsourced security programs
The evolving threat landscape and perennial cybersecurity challenges are giving rise to community-based programs such as crowdsourced cybersecurity, an important evolution …

Popular coding advice doesn’t necessarily equal secure coding advice
Stack Overflow is a hugely popular online forum/Q&A site that many programmers and software developers use to find answers to particular programming problems. …

Crowdsourced security trends: Payouts to hackers increase
Bugcrowd has released the 2018 Bugcrowd State of Bug Bounty Report, which analyzes proprietary platform data collected from more than 700 crowdsourced security programs …
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