Security News

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

WordPress Fixes CSRF, XSS Bugs, Announces Bug Bounty Program (Threatpost)
2017-05-18 18:17

WordPress fixed six vulnerabilities with version 4.7.5 and announced a bug bounty program with HackerOne this week.

WordPress announces bug bounty program (Help Net Security)
2017-05-17 16:14

WordPress Foundation is the latest organization to publicly announce a bug bounty program set up on the HackerOne platform. What’s in scope of the WordPress bug bounty program? Bounties will be...