Security News

Steam cleaned of zero-day security holes after Valve turned off by bug bounty snub outage
2019-08-22 23:14

Security bod may be invited back into vuln reward program, Half-Life 3 still ain't happening Games giant Valve is attempting to make nice with the infosec bod who disclosed zero-day exploits for...

Disgruntled bug-hunter drops Steam zero-day to get back at Valve for refusing him a bounty
2019-08-22 05:16

EoP bug now free for the world to see after bounty was rejected A security bod angry at Valve's handling of bug reports has released a zero-day vulnerability affecting the games giant's flagship...

Researcher Discloses Second Steam Zero-Day After Valve Bug Bounty Ban
2019-08-21 20:40

After Valve banned him from its bug bounty program, a researcher has found a second zero-day vulnerability affecting the Steam gaming client.

Is Apple's Top $1 Million Bug Bounty Too Much?
2019-08-21 13:48

Why One Bug-Hunting Expert Says Big Bounties May Actually Undermine Security ProgramsProgressive companies seeking to improve their security are increasingly adopting bug bounty programs. The...

Apple Expands Bug Bounty; Raises Max Reward to $1 Million
2019-08-12 12:33

Move Generates Praise From Security ExpertsApple is opening up its bug bounty program to all researchers, increasing the rewards and expanding the scope of qualifying products in a bid to attract...

Apple Expands Bug Bounty, Increasing Max Reward to $1M
2019-08-12 10:48

Open Arm Move Generates Praise From Security ExpertsApple is opening up its bug bounty program to all researchers, increasing the rewards and expanding the scope of qualifying products in a bid to...

Apple Offers Up to $1 Million in Public Bug Bounty Program
2019-08-12 08:33

Apple last week announced that it’s making some significant changes to its bug bounty program, making it public and expanding the list of covered products. read more

Apple expands bug bounty program, opens it to all researchers, raises rewards
2019-08-09 12:56

Three years ago at the Black Hat conference, Apple announced its first bug bounty program, which was invite-only and limited to iOS. At this year’s edition of the con, Ivan Krstić, Apple’s head of...

Apple Upgrades Bug Bounty Program: Adds Macs, $1M Reward
2019-08-08 23:58

Apple is opening its once-private bug bounty program to all researchers, as well as boosting vulnerability payouts and expanding the product scope to include MacOS.

How the Air Force used a bug bounty program to hack its own cloud server
2019-08-07 14:14

The Air Force paid out $123,000 to researchers who found vulnerabilities in the organization's move to the cloud. Here's why.