In 2019, Google has paid more than $6.5 million in rewards as part of its Vulnerability Reward Programs. 461 researchers reported bugs and received bounties, the biggest one of which is $201,000, Google said in a blog post. “We paid…
Great news for bug bounty hunters – Google has announced that its Android Security Rewards (ASR) program is increasing its payouts. The highest bounty is now $1.5 million. Did you know? The Android Security Rewards (ASR) program was created in…
Apple users are not entirely immune against cyber threats and vulnerabilities. Thus, it is not that surprising that Apple has decided to expand its bug bounty program to more researchers by increasing the maximum payout to $1 million. The announcement…
The European Union is about to sponsor 14 bug bounty programs for vulnerabilities in 14 popular open-source software projects. The announcement was made a few days ago by Julia Reda, who represents the German Pirate Party in the European Parliament.…
As much as 150 vulnerabilities were discovered by white hat hackers in US Marine Corp websites and related services. For the findings which happened during a three-week bug bounty program, the ethical hackers were rewarded nearly $150,000 in cash rewards.…
Printers are often the weakest link in an organization, with printer vulnerabilities being exploited in various malicious campaigns to compromise entire networks. One such vulnerability was disclosed in 2017, and enabled hackers to carry out remote code execution attacks on…
Perhaps you know but John McAfee hasn’t been part of the company for more than 20 years. However, his name continues to be associated with it, despite his many other business endeavors. One of his most recent business ventures has…
Microsoft is initiating a bug bounty program that is focused on customer security. The program is called Identity Bounty Program and it will offer bounties ranging from $500 to $100,000 for unveiling security vulnerability in the company’s identity services. What…
In 2016 alone Google has paid out $3 million to security researchers and bug hunters who have reported vulnerabilities in their services. More than 350 researchers from 59 countries took part in the program. We created our Vulnerability Rewards Program…
Apple followed Google and other notable software giants in creating their own Bug Bounty program. Apple Bug Bounty program provides security experts a way to make money by submitting information about vulnerabilities to Apple. Why Is Apple Joining the Bug…
Many big companies and vendors have bug bounty programs which encourage independent researchers in locating and disclosing vulnerabilities. Pornhub has just joined the bug bounty initiative, as it just launched a program on HackerOne’s platform, which aims to protect and…
