Bug Bounty stories

“We have arrived at the point in history where you are ignorant and negligent if you do not have a way to receive useful input from ethical hackers."More

With over 320 million monthly active users of OPPO’s ColorOS, and a rapidly expanding online presence, cybersecurity is top of mind for the mobile phone manufacturer.More

The company will also open its first Transparency Center in Latin America in Sao Paulo in January 2020.More

One of the biggest messenger apps in the world invites hackers to proactively report security vulnerabilities to enhance cybersecurity.More

Uber’s chief information security officer John ‘Four’ Flynn has a career history that many technologists could only dream of. More

GitHub’s Bug Bounty program is now five years old and to mark the occasion it has revamped the program’s scope, rewards, and new legal rules.More

Switzerland’s postal service Swiss Post is inviting keen-eyed security experts and white hats to hack its e-voting system.More

If you can find a bug in Skyscanner then the company will pay up to US$2,000 per vulnerability.More

“Paying the attackers and then keeping quiet about it afterwards was not, in our view, an appropriate response to the cyber attack."More

"With a lot of opportunities for bug bounties to go wrong, the maturity required to run a successful programme should not be underestimated."More

Any helpful hacker who participates in Uber’s bug bounty program must act in good faith or face legal action.More

GitHub’s Security Bug Bounty program paid out more than US$166,000 in 2017 after a significant payout revamp that doubled amounts across the board.More

​The Open Bug Bounty project has reached 100,000 fixed vulnerabilities and is showing no signs of slowing down with changes on the horizon.More