Security Apple Apple offers $1 million bounty for uncovering security flaws in private AI cloud The rewards are comparable to those offered for iOS By Skye Jacobs, October 28, 2024, 6:15 AM
Security Google Google awarded $10 million in bug bounties last year, the second highest in the program's history The largest single payout was $113,337 By Rob Thubron, March 13, 2024, 9:04 AM
Software Security AI-generated bug reports are becoming a big waste of time for developers Better sounding crap is still hallucinated crap, curl project creator states By Alfonso Maruccia, January 8, 2024, 12:36 PM
Security Google Google reveals bug bounty program for its own Android apps like Chrome, Gmail and the search widget The company paid $12 million to security researchers in 2022 By Adrian Potoroaca, May 24, 2023, 11:03 AM
The Web Meta awarded researcher a $27,200 bug bounty for glitch that bypassed Facebook 2FA There was no limit on how many times users could get their 2FA code wrong By Cal Jeffrey, January 30, 2023, 6:06 PM
Security Google Google pays researcher $70,000 for discovering simple Android lock screen bypass bug Make sure your Android device is up to date By Rob Thubron, November 15, 2022, 6:29 AM
Software Security Microsoft increases bug bounty awards for high-impact Microsoft 365 flaws More money is needed to fund security research By Adrian Potoroaca, April 19, 2022, 9:40 AM
Security Intel expands bug bounty program with a group of elite hackers under Project Circuit Breaker banner The best of the best By Shawn Knight, February 3, 2022, 11:34 AM
Security Apple Apple is still investigating three iOS 15 zero-days after researcher criticizes bug bounty program Researcher claims app review process allows malicious apps to slip through to App Store By Daniel Sims, September 28, 2021, 1:44 PM
Microsoft Security Microsoft awarded $13.6 million to security researchers via bug bounty programs over the past year Squashing bugs for cash By Shawn Knight, July 9, 2021, 11:15 AM
Mobile Instagram was storing deleted photos and DMs on its servers for over a year The bug has now been fixed By Rob Thubron, August 14, 2020, 8:07 AM
Security Apple Bug bounty hunter snags $100,000 award for zero-day bug in 'Sign in with Apple' system Cupertino patched the hole before it could be used in the wild By Cal Jeffrey, June 1, 2020, 1:21 PM
Industry Security Hackers scored a record $40M in bug bounties in 2019 Seven of them have made a million dollars from their craft By Adrian Potoroaca, February 26, 2020, 5:28 PM
Microsoft Microsoft will award up to $20K for finding vulnerabilities in Xbox Live Strengthening security of the service would mean less downtime and more playtime for the 64 million+ gamers on the platform By Humza Aamir, January 31, 2020, 7:37 AM
Security Google Google paid researchers $6.5 million in bug bounties last year The largest single reward was $201,337 By Rob Thubron, January 29, 2020, 10:48 AM
Apple Apple opens bug bounty program to all, increases maximum reward Get up to $1 million By Rob Thubron, December 20, 2019, 8:58 AM
Security OnePlus launches a bug bounty program with rewards of up to $7,000 The company is also partnering with HackerOne to let security researchers test OnePlus' systems for vulnerabilities By Humza Aamir, December 20, 2019, 6:55 AM
Security Apple Apple says teen that discovered FaceTime bug is eligible for bug bounty Reward could be between $25,000 and $200,000 By Cal Jeffrey, February 7, 2019, 2:32 PM
Software EU to fund bug bounties for open source projects including PuTTY, Notepad++, KeePass, Filezilla and VLC Up to $100,000 per bug By Isaiah Mayersen, December 30, 2018, 1:08 PM 9 comments
Gaming Valve awards $20,000 bug bounty for exploit that produced unlimited free games Valve quickly plugged that hole as soon as it found out By Cal Jeffrey, November 13, 2018, 1:51 PM
Security HP launches a bug bounty program for printers The industry's first bug bounty program for printing devices By Shawn Knight, July 31, 2018, 3:03 PM
Security Intel expands bug bounty program to include Spectre-style vulnerabilities, ups reward to $250,000 Could it help prevent another security disaster? By Rob Thubron, February 15, 2018, 8:23 AM
Electronics Security Security researcher gives up $30,000 bug bounty after DJI allegedly threatened legal action Ambiguity leads to backlash amid legal threats By Greg Synek, November 20, 2017, 4:03 PM
Security Microsoft Microsoft criticizes Google over handling of Chrome exploit Remote code execution vulnerability appears on Github By Greg Synek, October 19, 2017, 10:36 AM
Mobile Security Samsung is the latest to offer a mobile-focused bug bounty program Earn up to $200,000 By Shawn Knight, September 7, 2017, 2:15 PM