Latest Bug Bounty Program news

Google Rewards Bugs Found in All Android Apps with 100M+ Installs

Google expanded the scope of its Google Play Security Reward Program (GPSRP) to include all Android apps from the Google Play Store with over 100 million installs.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 29, 2019
- 12:30 PM
- 0
Five More Hackers Become Millionaires on HackerOne

HackerOne says that five more hackers have become millionaires after reporting security vulnerabilities through the vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 29, 2019
- 09:03 AM
- 0
AT&T Launches Public Bug Bounty Program on HackerOne

Today AT&T is announcing their launch of a new public bug bounty programs on the HackerOne platform. This program will allow security researchers to report security bugs to AT&T in order receive a monetary reward.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 06, 2019
- 09:45 AM
- 0
Cracked Tesla 3 Windshield Leads to $10,000 Bug Bounty

Tesla paid a large bug bounty for a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in one of its backend apps that allowed gleaning vital statistics about a vehicle.
- Ionut Ilascu
- July 17, 2019
- 03:33 AM
- 0
VLC 3.0.7 is Biggest Security Release Due to EU Bounty Program

VLC Media Player 3.0.7 was released on Friday and contained the most security updates ever in one release of the program. The president of the VideoLan non-profit organization states that this was due to their inclusion in the EU-FOSSA bug bounty program.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 09, 2019
- 05:03 PM
- 1
Important Severity Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Patched in Tomcat

A remote code execution flaw impacting Apache Tomcat was fixed by the Apache Software Foundation to prevent potential remote attackers to exploit vulnerable servers and take control of affected systems.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 15, 2019
- 09:53 AM
- 0
GitHub Updates Bug Bounty Program with Expanded Scope, Higher Rewards

To mark the fifth year of its Security Bug Bounty program, GitHub announced a number of updates, including an expanded scope with more GitHub products covered, increased reward amounts, and new Legal Safe Harbor terms for full legal protection for researchers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 19, 2019
- 04:15 PM
- 0
Microsoft Launches Azure DevOps Bounty Program

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) announced the launch of a bug bounty program starting January 17 and targeting the Azure DevOps services and the latest release of Azure DevOps server
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 17, 2019
- 01:22 PM
- 0
Hyatt Launches Public Bug Bounty Program on HackerOne

Today Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the release of their public bug bounty program on Hacker One. Using this program, researchers can be rewarded for reporting vulnerabilities on three Hyatt web sites and their mobile applications for Android and iOS.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 09, 2019
- 04:09 PM
- 0