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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.

Bug Bounty Program Launched for Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency
2019-08-27 17:04

The Libra Association, the organization in charge of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, has launched a public bug bounty program with rewards of up to $10,000. read more

Steam cleaned of zero-day security holes after Valve turned off by bug bounty snub outrage
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...

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...

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...