- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 17th, 2014
Bugcrowd Wants to Raise Money to Make OpenSSL More Secure
The goal is to make sure there will not be another Heartbleed bug
- Editorials
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 6th, 2014
Bug Bounty Programs Are Good for Security, but Also for a Company’s Image
Facebook’s recent bug bounty program highlights demonstrates this
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 28th, 2014
Microsoft Explains Why It Decided to Pay Security Experts for Finding Bugs
The company has recently launched several bug bounty programs for its products
- Weekly Roundup
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 23rd, 2014
Security Brief: Bug Bounties, Belkin WeMo Flaws, University of Maryland Hacked
The main stories of the week between February 17 – February 23, 2014
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 21st, 2014
Internet Bug Bounty Pays First $10,000 / €7,300 Reward for Adobe Flash Vulnerability
The researcher who got the reward isn’t the one who discovered the security hole
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 17th, 2014
PayPal and Magento Bug Bounty Programs Combined Under the eBay Program
Researchers are provided with a centralized submissions tool
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 15th, 2014
GitHub Fixes RCE and 2FA Brute-Force Vulnerabilities
The security holes have been reported as part of GitHub’s bug bounty program
- Software Blog
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 15th, 2014
Microsoft Pays $100,000 (€73,000) Bounty to Security Researcher
An Asian security researcher gets the second Microsoft $100,000 bounty
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 14th, 2014
Bug Bounty Program Launched by Secret
Hackers and researchers can start submitting their reports
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 8th, 2014
Expert Hacks Private Repositories on GitHub by Combining 5 Low-Severity Bugs
Egor Homakov has been rewarded with $4,000 (€2,935) for his findings
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 7th, 2014
Avast Doubles Bug Bounty Rewards
The base payment per bug is now $400 (€294) and the maximum reward is $10,000 (€7,350)
- Web Blog
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 5th, 2014
Google Expands Bug Bounty Program to Include Its Own Chrome Apps and Extensions
The Patch Reward Program is also offering bigger payouts
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 31st, 2014
GitHub Launches Bug Bounty Program with Rewards of up to $5,000 / €3,700
Check out the most important things you need to know about the bug bounty
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 16th, 2014
Wickr Offers $100,000 / €73,000 for Vulnerabilities That Expose User Data
Anonymous submissions are not accepted, but even kids can participate
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- November 7th, 2013
Microsoft and Facebook Launch Bug Bounty Program, Offer Cash for Hacks
The two companies have launched a new joint project called Internet Bug Bounty
- Software Blog
- By Bogdan Popa
- November 5th, 2013
Microsoft Extends $100,000 (€74,000) Bug Bounty for Windows 8.1
The company is giving more security researchers the chance to win the bounty
- Yahoo News
- By Lucian Parfeni
- November 1st, 2013
Yahoo Launches Bug Bounty Program with $15,000 (€11,100) Rewards Plus T-Shirts
The company has finally put its proper bug bounty program in place