Average Bug Bounty Payments Growing

HackerOne released its first report on its bug bounty program, and reveals an industry shift toward enlisting hackers for better cybersecurity. Continue reading Average Bug Bounty Payments Growing

18-Byte ImageMagick Hack Could Have Leaked Images From Yahoo Mail Server

After the discovery of a critical vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to view private Yahoo Mail images, Yahoo retired the image-processing library ImageMagick.

ImageMagick is an open-source image processing library that lets users resize, s… Continue reading 18-Byte ImageMagick Hack Could Have Leaked Images From Yahoo Mail Server

Hack’em If You Can — U.S. Air Force launches Bug Bounty Program

With the growing number of data breaches and cyber attacks, a significant number of companies and organizations have started Bug Bounty programs for encouraging hackers and bug hunters to find and responsibly report vulnerabilities in their services an… Continue reading Hack’em If You Can — U.S. Air Force launches Bug Bounty Program

U.S. launches ‘Hack the Air Force’ bug bounty program

The U.S. Air Force launched a new bug bounty program dubbed “Hack the Air Force” on Wednesday, continuing a trend within the U.S. military that began last year with Hack the Pentagon and Hack the Army. Before the Pentagon’s bug bounty programs launched, it was illegal to search for vulnerabilities on Defense Department networks. The trend has extended overseas, as well, with the U.K. government’s announcement of its own bug bounty program last month. The Air Force program is directed by HackerOne, the bug bounty platform behind Hack the Pentagon that just raised a $40 million investment in February, and Luta Security, the security consulting firm driving the U.K. program. HackerOne and Luta Security are partnering to deliver up to 20 bug bounty challenges over three years to the Defense Department. “This outside approach — drawing on the talent and expertise of our citizens and partner-nation citizens — in identifying our security vulnerabilities will […]

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Google Increases Bug Bounty Payouts by 50% and Microsoft Just Doubles It!

Well, there’s some good news for hackers and bug bounty hunters!

Both tech giants Google and Microsoft have raised the value of the payouts they offer security researchers, white hat hackers and bug hunters who find high severity flaws in their produc… Continue reading Google Increases Bug Bounty Payouts by 50% and Microsoft Just Doubles It!