Ex-GitHub Engineers Raise $20M to Enhance Pen-Testing with AI-Powered XBOW

July 16, 2024 at 10:27AM Former GitHub engineers secured $20 million from Sequoia Capital for startup XBOW, aiming to use AI to boost pentesters, bug hunters, and security researchers’ efficiency. Founded by Oege de Moor and ex-GitHub engineers, the team includes former Lyft CISO Nico Waisman. XBOW’s AI autonomously passed 75% of web security benchmarks … Read more

Establishing Reward Criteria for Reporting Bugs in AI Products

December 15, 2023 at 06:16PM Google has expanded its Bug Hunters program to include third-party discovery and reporting of issues and vulnerabilities specific to its AI systems. The program includes rewards for various attacks, model manipulations, adversarial perturbations, and model theft/exfiltration. Rewards are based on severity and target affected. To report a qualifying issue, visit … Read more