September 25, 2024 at 07:18AM Ethical hackers can win over $1 million in cash and prizes at Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. The competition includes hacking Tesla vehicles, in-vehicle infotainment systems, electric vehicle chargers, and operating systems, with prizes up to $500,000 for demonstrated vulnerabilities. Interested participants can find the full rules and registration … Read more
March 19, 2024 at 05:15PM The U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center has processed its 50,000th vulnerability report from 5,635 researchers since 2016. DC3 launched its Vulnerability Disclosure Program following ‘Hack-the-Pentagon’ to engage ethical hackers continuously. VDP’s success includes discovering and mitigating 400 significant security flaws in a special 12-month program with Defense Counterintelligence … Read more
March 18, 2024 at 09:15AM The US Department of Defense has processed 50,000 reports through its vulnerability disclosure program, initiated after the success of the ‘Hack the Pentagon’ bug bounty program. Collaborating with platforms like HackerOne, Bugcrowd, and Synack, DoD expanded its bug bounty programs, saving an estimated $61 million and receiving over 45,000 vulnerability … Read more
March 13, 2024 at 02:10PM Google awarded $10 million to 632 bug hunters in 2023, slightly less than the previous year. The company introduced new reward categories and a Bonus Awards program. High-paying categories included Android VRP, and Wear OS was added to the bounty program. However, the effectiveness of bug bounties in making software … Read more
October 28, 2023 at 02:18PM HackerOne, a bug bounty platform, has awarded over $300 million in rewards to ethical hackers since its inception. Thirty hackers have earned over $1 million, with one receiving $4 million for his bug reports. On average, it took organizations 25.5 days to resolve reported bugs this year, a 28% improvement. … Read more