bug bounty program

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2021
DHS announces its ‘Hack DHS’ bug bounty program

The DHS has launched a new bug bounty program dubbed ‘Hack DHS’ to discover security vulnerabilities in external DHS systems. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a new bug bounty program dubbed ‘Hack DHS’ that allows vetted white hat hackers to discover and report security vulnerabilities in external DHS systems. “As the federal […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2021
US Govt kicked off ‘Hack the Army 3.0’ bug bounty program

The U.S. government is going to launch the ‘Hack the Army 3.0’ bug bounty program in collaboration with the HackerOne platform. The U.S. government launched Hack the Army 3.0, the third edition of its bug bounty program, in collaboration with the HackerOne platform. The second Hack the Army bug bounty program ran between October 9 and November […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2020
TikTok launched a public bug bounty program

Chinese video-sharing social networking service TikTok announced this week the launch of a public bug bounty program in collaboration with HackerOne. The popular Chinese video-sharing social networking service TikTok has launched this week a public bug bounty program through the HackerOne platform. White hat hackers are invited to report security flaws in TikTok websites, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2020
Researchers received $288,500 for 32 out of 55 issues reported to Apple

Researchers received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bug bounties for reporting 55 vulnerabilities as part of the Apple bug bounty program. A team of researchers composed of Sam Curry, Brett Buerhaus, Ben Sadeghipour, Samuel Erb and Tanner Barnes reported a total of 55 flaws to Apple as part of the company bug bounty program. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2020
Hack the Army bug bounty program paid $275,000 in rewards

Hack the Army bug bounty program results: 146 valid vulnerabilities were reported by white hat hackers and more than $275,000 were paid in rewards. The second Hack the Army bug bounty program ran between October 9 and November 15, 2019 through the HackerOne platform. The bug bounty program operated by the Defense Digital Service, along […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2019
New Google bug bounty allows reporting the abuses of Google API, Chrome, and Android user data

Recently, Google announced a new bug bounty program for experts that can report the abuses of Google API, Chrome, and Android user data. Google announced the Developer Data Protection Reward Program (DDPRP), a new bounty program aimed at security experts that discover data abuse issues in popular Android applications, OAuth projects, and Chrome extensions.  Researchers […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2018
Facebook increases rewards for its bug bounty program and facilitate bug submission

Facebook updates its bug bounty program, it is increasing the overall rewards for security flaws that could be exploited to take over accounts. Facebook announced an important novelty for its bug bounty, the social media giant is going to pay out as much as $40,000 for vulnerabilities that can be exploited to hack into accounts without […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2018
U.S. Air Force announced Hack the Air Force 3.0, the third Bug Bounty Program

The United States Air Force announced earlier this week that it has launched the third bug bounty program called Hack the Air Force 3.0. The United States Air Force launched earlier this week its third bug bounty program, called Hack the Air Force 3.0, in collaboration with HackerOne. “Thank you for your interest in participating in HackerOne’s U.S. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2017
Google launched Google Play Security Reward bug bounty program to protect apps in Play Store

Google has launched Google Play Security Reward, the bug bounty program that will pay $1,000 rewards for flaws in popular apps. Google has officially launched a bug bounty program for Android apps on Google Play Store, a measure that aims to improve the security of Android apps. The initiative, called Google Play Security Reward, will involve the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2016
Nintendo announced its bug bounty program for 3DS Consoles. Rewards up to $20,000

Nintendo presented its bug bounty program for 3DS consoles, the company is willing to pay between $100 and $20,000 for vulnerabilities found in the product. Good news, Nintendo joins the club of the “bug bounty program,” companies that decide to exploit this mechanism to involve ethical hacking communities. The company is the last in order of […]