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Google Splashes the Cash in Bug Bounty Bonanza: $59 Million to Date
Richi Jennings | | alphabet, bounty, bug bounty, bug bounty program, bugbounty, ethical hacker, ethical hackers, ethical hacking, google, SB Blogwatch, Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP), white hat, white hat hacker, white hat hackers, White Hat Security, White Hats, WhiteHat, whitehat hackers, WhiteHat Security
Wanna be a VRP VIP? Last year, $GOOG paid $10 million to ethical hackers for finding vulnerabilities ...
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10 Years On, Microsoft’s Bug Bounty Program Has Paid Out $60 Million
Microsoft over the past decade has doled out more than $60 million rewards to researchers who have found various security flaws in its software and is now ready to pay out some ...
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Microsoft Launches an AI Bug Bounty Program
As Microsoft aggressively integrates AI into its broad portfolio of products and services, the IT giant now is looking for help to ensure they are free of vulnerabilities. The company this month ...
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Google Pixel Can be Unlocked via SIM Swap (Other Android Phones, Too)
Richi Jennings | | android, AOSP, Bug Bounties, bug bounty, bug bounty program, CVE-2022-20465, David Schütz, Google Pixel, lockscreen, puk, responsible disclosure, SB Blogwatch, Sounds like an excellent exploit designed by Google to assist law enforcement, Vulnerability Disclosure
A Hungarian researcher found a nasty Android security bug: Malicious people can unlock your phone ...
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Google Vulnerability Reward Program Focuses on Open Source Software
Google’s bug bounty program will be expanded to include a special open source section called the Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP), the company announced on its security blog. Through ...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of April 25, 2022
Dylan D'Silva | | bug bounty program, cisa, Featured Articles, Linux, patches, Privilege Escalation, Ransomware, VERT News, VPN, vulnerability
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us ...
The DHS is inviting hackers to break into its systems, but there are rules of engagement
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is inviting security researchers to uncover vulnerabilities and hack into its systems, in an attempt to better protect itself from malicious attacks. The DHS ...
Ethical Hackers Prevented $27B in Cybercrime
Teri Robinson | | Application penetration testing, bug bounty program, Certified Ethical Hacker, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), security researchers
Ethical hackers proved their worth over the 14 months that the pandemic ravaged economies and organizations were at their most vulnerable, preventing $27 billion in cybercrime during the time when flaws threatened ...
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Feds Propose ‘911’ Emergency Call for Reporting Security Flaws; Experts Warn It’s Easier Said Than Done
Filip Truta | | 9/11, bug bounty, bug bounty program, cisa, Department of Homeland Security, directive, Federal, government, Industry News, responsible disclosure, vulnerability, Vulnerability Disclosure
CISA drafts directive to create a vulnerability disclosure policy for government websites and apps Agency seeks to centralize the effort via a standard vulnerability disclosure platform service next spring Cybersecurity veteran Katie ...
$20,000 up for grabs in Xbox Live security hole hunt
Graham Cluley | | bug bounty, bug bounty program, E-Threats, microsoft bug bounty, Microsoft Xbox, XBOX
Microsoft is inviting gamers, security researchers, and technologists to pit their wits against the Xbox network in the search for security vulnerabilities. With a newly-announced bug bounty, Microsoft is inviting bug hunters ...