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Intel offers to pay for Spectre-like side channel vulnerabilities

February 16, 2018

Intel is expanding the bug bounty program it started last March, and is raising considerably the awards it plans to give out for helpful vulnerability information. Where …

Is ethical hacking more lucrative than software engineering?

January 18, 2018

HackerOne published its 2018 Hacker Report, which examines the geography, demographics, experience, tools used and motivations of nearly 2,000 bug bounty hackers across 100 …

Google wants bug hunters to probe popular Android apps for bugs

October 19, 2017

Google has started another bug bounty initiative: the Google Play Security Reward Program. While the name of the program might suggest that bug hunters will be after …

The Internet Bug Bounty offers rewards for bugs in data processing libraries

October 2, 2017

The Internet Bug Bounty (IBB), a project aimed at finding and fixing vulnerabilities in core internet infrastructure and free open source software, has announced that it will …

New infosec products of the week: July 21, 2017

July 21, 2017

Awake Security unveils advanced security analytics solution Awake’s advanced security analytics provide security teams the insights needed to understand the scope and impact …

Organizations award hackers up to $900,000 a year in bug bounties

June 28, 2017

A new HackerOne report examines over 800 hacker-powered programs from organizations including Airbnb, GitHub, General Motors, Intel, Lufthansa, Nintendo, U.S. Department of …

WordPress announces bug bounty program

May 17, 2017

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 …

Intel is offering up to $30,000 for bugs in its hardware

March 17, 2017

Intel has become the latest tech company to launch a bug bounty program. Intel bug bounty program: What’s in scope and what is not Intel is looking for bug hunters to …

U.S. consumers’ views on cybersecurity

February 14, 2017

To better understand how Americans think about hacker motivations, consumer versus business security responsibilities, ransomware and the political climates impact on the …

Nintendo offers up to $20,000 for bug info

December 6, 2016

Video game giant Nintendo has set up a bug bounty program through HackerOne’s platform, and is asking researchers to find and flag vulnerabilities in the Nintendo 3DS …

Yelp makes its bug bounty program public

September 7, 2016

After two years of keeping their bug bounty program private and relatively secret, Yelp is opening it up and has invited bug hunters to probe its sites, apps, and …

Kaspersky Lab launches public bug bounty program

August 2, 2016

Kaspersky Lab is asking researchers to look under the hood of two of its flagship security solutions and to report any bugs they might find. Kaspersky’s bug bounty …