Security News

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.

Microsoft Launches ElectionGuard Bug Bounty Program
2019-10-22 14:28

Microsoft last week announced the launch of a new bug bounty program covering the ElectionGuard open source software development kit (SDK). read more

Facebook Expands, Enhances Bug Bounty Programs
2019-10-16 13:48

Facebook this week announced an expansion to its bug bounty program for third-party apps, as well as a series of bonuses for bugs in native products. The social platform has been running a bug...

Singapore Ministry of Defence Launches New Bug Bounty Program
2019-10-01 10:44

Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) is inviting 400 white-hat hackers to find vulnerabilities in its systems, as part of a three-week program hosted on hacker-powered pentesting and bug...

HackerOne concludes its bug bounty challenge with the National University of Singapore
2019-09-09 00:00

HackerOne, the number one hacker-powered pentesting and bug bounty platform, announced the successful conclusion of its bug bounty challenge with the National University of Singapore (NUS). NUS is...

Google throws bug bounty bucks at mega-popular third-party apps
2019-09-02 10:51

Google’s going to throw more bug bounty money at the problem of nasty apps in its Play Store, it announced on Thursday. In a post from the Android Security & Privacy team’s Adam Bacchus, Sebastian...

Six Hackers Have Now Pocketed $1M From Bug Bounty Programs
2019-08-30 15:47

Up to 25 percent of valid vulnerabilities found in bug bounty programs are classified as being of high or critical severity.

Google Targets Data-Abusing Apps with Bug Bounty Launch
2019-08-29 16:30

Google is looking to battle the malicious apps - and apps abusing user data - on Google Play by improving its bug-bounty program arsenal.