- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 21st, 2016
"Hack the Pentagon" Pilot to Become Permanent Bug Bounty Program
DOD sees the benefits of running a long-term bug bounty
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 20th, 2016
Facebook Gives $16,000 to Researcher Who Found a Way to Hijack Business Pages
Researcher receives $16,000 for his work
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 16th, 2016
Chrome and Firefox Affected by Simple URL Spoofing Bug That Facilitates Phishing
Researcher wins $5,000 for discovering this bug
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- August 5th, 2016
Hack Microsoft Edge Browser on Windows 10 and Get Paid
Microsoft has launched Edge RCE bug bounty program
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 5th, 2016
Apple Announces Invite-Only Bug Bounty Program
Program expected to expand to all researchers later on
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 1st, 2016
How a Security Researcher Convinced Imgur's CEO to Increase Bug Bounty Rewards
Hacker reveals how he went from $50 to $5,000
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 24th, 2016
Researchers Put Together PHP Zero-Day in Order to Hack PornHub
PHP project fixes issues affecting all PHP versions 5.3+
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 26th, 2016
Uber Bugs Allowed Hackers to Gather Details on Rides, Drivers, Passengers
Uber is in the process of fixing all reported bugs
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 14th, 2016
Average Bug Bounty Payouts Are Increasing
XSS vulnerabilities accounted for two-thirds of all bug submissions on the Bugcrowd bug bounty platform
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- June 8th, 2016
Microsoft Will Pay Hackers of .NET Core Up to $15,000
Redmond’s bug bounty program expanded once again
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 1st, 2016
Security Bugs Used as Extortion Schemes by Questionable Researchers
IBM advises companies to notify authorities when dealing with hackers posing as security researchers
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 31st, 2016
A Security Researcher Made $54,000 Just from Twitter Bug Bounties in 2015 Alone
Twitter paid researchers $322,420 in the past two years
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 28th, 2016
Security Researcher Details Horrid Experience with Pornhub's Bug Bounty Program
Pornhub promised a lot, but failed to deliver
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 20th, 2016
Researcher Wins $5,000 for Finding Two Ways to Brute-Force Instagram Accounts
Clever researcher finds 2, not one, ways to break Instagram
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 17th, 2016
Researcher Wins $5,000 for Finding XSS Bug on Google in Most Peculiar Manner
Google fixes dormant XSS issue in Cloud Console dashboard
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 11th, 2016
Pornhub Puts Many Companies to Shame by Opening a Bug Bounty Program Before Them
Researchers can earn between $50 and $25,000
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 22nd, 2016
Uber Announces Bug Bounty Program, Rewards Can Go Up to $10,000
The program's first round will start on May 1, 2016