Microsoft announced the launch of an Xbox bug bounty program with rewards of up to $20,000 for critical remote code execution flaws. Microsoft is going to launch an Xbox bug bounty program that will pay rewards of up to $20,000 for critical remote code execution vulnerabilities. “The Xbox Bounty Program invites gamers, security researchers, and […]
As announced in August, Apple has now announced the opening of its invite-only bug bounty program to all security researchers. Apple has now announced the opening of its invite-only bug bounty program to all security researchers. The tech giant will pay white hat hackers that will report security flaws in the iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, […]
The popular virtual private network (VPN) service provider NordVPN announced the launch of a public bug bounty program. The virtual private network (VPN) service provider NordVPN announced the launch of a public bug bounty program. White hat hackers will receive payouts between $100 and $5,000 for each reported vulnerability. NordVPN will also pay much more […]
Google announced that it will increase bug bounty rewards for Android, it will pay up to $1.5 million for bugs that allow to hack new Titan M security chip. At the end of 2018, Google announced its Titan M dedicated security chip that is currently installed on Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 4 devices. The […]
Crowdsourced security platform Bugcrowd announced it paid over $500,000 in bug bounty rewards during the last week of October. Bug bounty program could represent an excellent opportunity to monetize your passion, in just one week crowdsourced security platform Bugcrowd announced it paid over $500,000 in bug bounty rewards at the end of October. Bugcrowd is […]
HackerOne announced that five more hackers have become millionaires thanks to their contributes to the bug bounty programs managed by the platform. Bug bounty platform HackerOne announced that four more hackers have become millionaires after participating in the bug bounty programs managed by the platform. In March, HackerOne announced that two of its members have […]
A security vulnerability in the Facebook design (FB5) could have allowed attackers to remove any photo from profiles of the users. The security expert Philippe Harewood is one of the security researchers that received early access by Facebook to the new FB5 design and discovered an important design flaw. Harewood explained that the issue affects the […]
At the Blackhat cybersecurity conference, Apple has announced a few major changes to its bug bounty program that will be open to any researcher. The most striking change is related to the payout for the rewards, themaximum reward passed from $200,000 to $1 million. This is the biggest payout for a bug bounty program operated […]
Zero-day broker firm Zerodium is offering up to $500,000 for VMware ESXi (vSphere) and Microsoft Hyper-V vulnerabilities. Exploit acquisition firm Zerodium is offering up to $500,000 for VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V vulnerabilities. The company is looking for exploits that allow guest-to-host escapes in default configurations to gain full access to the host. The overall […]
Bug bounty platform HackerOne announced that two of its members have each earned more than $1 million by participating bug bounty programs. Bug bounty programs could be a profitable activity, the popular bug bounty platform HackerOne announced that two of its members have each earned more than $1 million by helping companies in discovering flaws […]