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Feds slap $5m bounty on 'Evil Corp' Russian duo accused of running ZeuS, Dridex banking trojans
2019-12-05 16:49

Account-draining malware masterminds charged but remain in motherland US prosecutors have slapped a $5m bounty on the heads of two Russian nationals they claim are part of the malware gang behind...

HackerOne Breach Leads to $20,000 Bounty Reward
2019-12-05 16:31

HackerOne has paid out $20,000 to a bounty hunter who discovered a session cookie issue, due to "human error," on the bug bounty platform.

FBI Puts $5 Million Bounty On Russian Hackers Behind Dridex Banking Malware
2019-12-05 10:29

The United States Department of Justice today disclosed the identities of two Russian hackers and charged them for developing and distributing the Dridex banking Trojan using which the duo stole...

Google offers up to $1.5 million bounty for remotely hacking Titan M chip
2019-11-22 04:52

With its latest announcement to increase bug bounty rewards for finding and reporting critical vulnerabilities in the Android operating system, Google yesterday set up a new challenging level for...

Mozilla Bug Bounty Program Doubles Payouts, Adds Firefox Monitor
2019-11-20 21:04

In scope RCE Mozilla bug bounty payouts have also tripled to reach $15,000.

Bigger Rewards, New Targets Announced for Mozilla Bug Bounty Program
2019-11-20 05:46

Mozilla is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its Firefox web browser with significant updates to the organization’s bug bounty program, including new targets and bigger rewards. read more

Mozilla expands bug bounty program and triples payouts for flaw finders for hire
2019-11-19 21:56

But the big money's in Huawei's new (invite only) program Mozilla has decided to celebrate the 15th anniversary of its Firefox browser by expanding its bug bounty program to cover a range of new...

LINE Launches Public Bug Bounty Program on HackerOne
2019-11-15 07:25

Japan-based communications company LINE Corporation today announced the launch of a public bug bounty program on hacker-powered pentest and bug bounty platform HackerOne. Launched in 2011, LINE...

Before you high-five yourselves for setting up that bug bounty, you've got the staff in place to actually deal with security, right?
2019-11-06 01:27

Katie Moussouris speaks out on modern-day flaw finding and infosec jobs Disclosure Bug-bounty pioneer Katie Moussouris has urged companies to hire the necessary staff to handle vulnerability...

ThreatList: Most Retail Hardware Bug Bounty Flaws Are Critical
2019-10-29 13:00

Overall, across all retail programs, more than 18 percent of all bug bounty submissions are critical in severity, a new Bugcrowd report found.