Security News

Microsoft expands Bug Bounty programs, increases rewards (Help Net Security)
2015-08-06 09:03

Microsoft is continually tweaking its Bug Bounty programs, and the latest step in this evolution has been announced on Wednesday at Black Hat USA 2015. "We are raising the Bounty for Defense maximu...

The rapid growth of the bug bounty economy (Help Net Security)
2015-08-03 07:15

On average, nearly five high-to-critical priority vulnerabilities are found within the lifetime of a single program, according to Bugcrowd. Another observed trend includes the migration from public...

Yahoo Touts Success of Bug Bounty Program (Threatpost)
2015-07-29 17:33

Yahoo established its formal bug bounty program nearly two years ago, and the company has paid out more than $1 million in rewards to researchers in that time. But security officials say the value...

United Airlines Hands Out Million-Mile Bug Bounty (Threatpost)
2015-07-14 15:19

Security researcher Jordan Wiens was awarded one million miles after submitting a remote code execution bug to United Airlines' bug bounty program.

Why LinkedIn chose to keep its bug bounty program private (Help Net Security)
2015-06-18 11:10

Bug bounty programs have become de rigueur for tech and Internet companies that want to improve the security of their products by (partly) outsourcing bug discovery. But while most companies opt for p...