Security News

Microsoft Is Paying Up To $250,000 With Its New Bug Bounty Program (The Hackers News)
2017-07-26 11:52

Microsoft has finally launched a new dedicated bug bounty program to encourage security researchers and bug hunters for finding and responsibly reporting vulnerabilities in its latest Windows...

Internet Bug Bounty Project Receives $300,000 Donation (Security Week)
2017-07-24 09:48

The Internet Bug Bounty (IBB), a project whose goal is to make the Web safer by rewarding white hat hackers who find vulnerabilities in core Internet infrastructure and open source software,...

Tor Launches Bug Bounty Program — Get Paid for Hacking! (The Hackers News)
2017-07-20 11:15

With the growing number of cyber attacks and breaches, a significant number of companies and organisations have started Bug Bounty programs for encouraging hackers, bug hunters and researchers to...

Atlassian Launches Public Bug Bounty Program (Security Week)
2017-07-14 16:04

Team collaboration and productivity software provider Atlassian announced this week the launch of a Bugcrowd-based public bug bounty program with rewards of up to $3,000 per vulnerability. read more

Average Bug Bounty Payments Growing (Threatpost)
2017-06-28 16:15

HackerOne released its first report on its bug bounty program, and reveals an industry shift toward enlisting hackers for better cybersecurity.

Microsoft Extends Edge Bug Bounty Program Indefinitely (Threatpost)
2017-06-21 20:50

Microsoft said Wednesday it would extend its Edge bug bounty program indefinitely.

Centrify Launches Bug Bounty Program (Security Week)
2017-06-15 09:20

Centrify, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of identity and access management (IAM) solutions, has teamed up with Bugcrowd for a public bug bounty program that offers researchers up to $3,000...

Hack Department of Homeland Security Act Would Bring Bug Bounty Program to DHS (Threatpost)
2017-05-31 20:25

Senators introduced a bill last week to establish a bug bounty pilot program within the Department of Homeland Security.

Hack DHS Act Establishes Bug Bounty Program for DHS (Security Week)
2017-05-30 19:38

Following what is now widespread practice among private industry tech giants, a new bill proposes to force the DHS to introduce its own public-sector bug bounty program. read more