Samsung boosts bug bug bounty to a cool million for cracks of the Knox Vault subsystem

August 7, 2024 at 09:23PM Samsung has introduced a bug bounty program with rewards of up to $1 million for successfully compromising its Knox Vault system in its smartphones. Other targets include TEEGRIS and Rich Execution Environment, with rewards varying based on the level of compromise. In contrast, Microsoft has awarded researchers $16.6 million in … Read more

Samsung Bug Bounty Program Payouts Reach $5M, Top Reward Increased to $1M

August 6, 2024 at 11:30AM In 2023, Samsung paid nearly $5 million through its bug bounty program, with $828,000 disbursed. 113 researchers received rewards for reporting vulnerabilities in Galaxy mobile devices. The highest single reward of over $57,000 went to TASZK Security Labs. Samsung also increased the maximum reward to $1 million and introduced bonus … Read more