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GitHub this week announced that it has paid out over $1 million in rewards to the security researchers participating in its bug bounty program on HackerOne. The security bug bounty program was launched on the hacker-powered platform in 2016, but GitHub has been accepting vulnerability reports since February 2014.
GM is working with industry colleagues, company engineers, and middle school students to make cybersecurity a cornerstone of the auto industry, according to GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. Barra spoke at RSA 2020 on Thursday and explained the company's sophisticated strategy to improve cybersecurity now and in the future.
Commentary: There's a lot of hype about bug bounties, but here's some truth. The thing that gets hackers hungry for bug bounties is the dopamine rush when they spend just a few minutes hunting for bugs, find one, report it, and seemingly get "Money for nothing." The problem is this rarely happens for most people.
GitLab has paid more than half a million dollars in rewards to security researchers who contributed to its public bug bounty program over the past year. read more
Google has expanded the Android Security Rewards (ASR) program and increased the bug bounties it’s willing to award for certain kinds of exploits. About the Android Security Rewards Program ASR...
Researchers can earn up to $15,000, depending on the severity of the bug found.
Bugcrowd's David Baker on Targeted 'Researcher Grants,' Waning 'Crowd Fear'Crowdsourced bug bounty programs help organizations identify severe vulnerabilities in their apps and infrastructure. But...
The biggest problem of targeting open source software to find security issues relates to IT.
He is also the all-time top-ranked hacker on HackerOne’s leaderboard, out of more than 330,000 hackers competing for the top spot.
317 researchers from 78 countries turned 2018 into a worldwide bug-crunching spree.