Bug Bounty stories
Infinigate adds Bugcrowd to portfolio to boost cybersecurity in the UK & Ireland
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testing
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cybersecurity
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crowdsourcing
Infinigate bolsters UK and Ireland cybersecurity offerings with Bugcrowd partnership, highlighting global demand for ethical hackers.
Keeper Security with first in joining the CVE programme
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pam
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cybersecurity
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compliance
Keeper Security, a leader in password management, has become the first company in its field to join the CVE programme as a CNA.
$10 million bug bounty fund for projects building on Binance Smart Chain
Tue, 27th Jul 2021
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blockchain
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bug bounty
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ethical hacking
Binance Smart Chain has launched Priority ONE, a $10 million bug bounty fund for projects building on top of BSC.
HackerOne hits $100M milestone with bug bounties
Thu, 28th May 2020
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cybersecurity
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hackers
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bug bounty
HackerOne celebrates $100M in bug bounties, marking a cyber security milestone with global impact.
OPPO partners with bug bounty company HackerOne
Tue, 21st Jan 2020
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smartphones
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endpoint protection
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technology gifts
OPPO partners with HackerOne to boost mobile security for 320M users.
Kaspersky to store data of US and Canada customers in Switzerland
Mon, 18th Nov 2019
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kaspersky
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dc
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bug bounty
Kaspersky shifts US, Canada user data to Swiss centre, plans new Brazil Transparency Hub.
Japan’s LINE launches public bug bounty program with HackerOne
Mon, 18th Nov 2019
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bug bounty
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hackerone
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line
One of the biggest messenger apps in the world invites hackers to proactively report security vulnerabilities to enhance cybersecurity.
Interview: Uber's CISO reveals lessons learned from breaches
Mon, 8th Apr 2019
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cybersecurity
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breach prevention
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uber
Uber’s chief information security officer John ‘Four’ Flynn has a career history that many technologists could only dream of.
GitHub's Bug Bounty program gets bigger
Mon, 4th Mar 2019
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app development
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web development
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security vulnerabilities
GitHub’s Bug Bounty program is now five years old and to mark the occasion it has revamped the program’s scope, rewards, and new legal rules.
Swiss Post asks public to hack its e-voting system
Mon, 18th Feb 2019
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online voting
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security vulnerabilities
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bug bounty
Switzerland’s postal service Swiss Post is inviting keen-eyed security experts and white hats to hack its e-voting system.
Skyscanner opens up bug bounty for interested hackers
Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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cybersecurity
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cybercrime
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skyscanner
If you can find a bug in Skyscanner then the company will pay up to US$2,000 per vulnerability.
Uber disguised breach ransom payment as a bug bounty reward
Thu, 29th Nov 2018
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malware
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ransomware
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endpoint protection
Uber fined £385,000 by UK Information Commissioner's Office for data breach that affected 2.7 million UK customers and drivers.
Bug bounty marketplace in sore need of standardisation – report
Wed, 1st Aug 2018
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report
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bug bounty
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crest
Bug bounty programmes need defined best practices and codes of conduct, according to a new report by CREST. The report explores good and bad practice in bug bounty programmes and highlights the need to protect the interests of participants.
Uber updates bug bounty terms to stop extortion and unauthorised data collection
Tue, 1st May 2018
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uber
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bug bounty
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hackerone
Uber updates bug bounty program to include safe harbour for good faith hackers, but warns against illegal activity and extortion.
GitHub boosts bug bounty program & payouts in 2017 with more to come this year
Mon, 19th Mar 2018
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app development
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web development
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security vulnerabilities
GitHub’s Security Bug Bounty program paid out more than US$166,000 in 2017 after a significant payout revamp that doubled amounts across the board.
Not-for-profit Bug Bounty project surpasses major milestone
Fri, 23rd Feb 2018
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malware
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devsecops
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high-tech bridge
The Open Bug Bounty project has reached 100,000 fixed vulnerabilities and is showing no signs of slowing down with changes on the horizon.