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Apple Offers Up To $1m For iPhone Bug Bounty
Opens up bug bounty scheme to all researchers, and increases top financial rewards to $1m for most serious vulnerabilities
Hacker To Live-Stream Hack Of Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page
Big boast. Tune in on Sunday to see if hacker can deliver on promise to hack Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page
Uber Used Bug Bounty Cash To Pay Hacker To Keep Quiet – Report
Taxi service could be back on the naughty step amid allegations it used bug bounty cash as hush money
Bug Found In Google Bug Tracker Database
Discovery of bug in Google’s bug tracking database lands researcher $15,600 in bug bounties
Kaspersky Lab Creates Bug Bounty Program
Claims to be first time a security vendor has offered rewards for disclosures of vulnerabilities with its products
Uber Offers “Treasure Map” For Friendly Hackers To Locate Bugs
X marks the spot. Transportation firm offers “treasure map” of computer system for hackers to find vulnerabilities
United Airlines Rewards Hackers With Million Airmiles
Two hackers awarded one million free airmiles each as part of innovative bug bounty scheme
United Airlines Offers Airmiles For Bug Bounty Hackers
Hack our website, but please not our aeroplanes – the invite from United Airlines to friendly hackers
Facebook Doubles Bug Bounty for Advertising Code Flaws
Double payout for discovery of advertising coding flaws demonstrates advertising importance to Facebook
Blackphone And Silent Circle Launch Bug Bounty Programmes
Blackphone and Silent Circle are to reward hackers who report vulnerabilities
Global Bug Bounty Scheme Urged To Tackle Cyber Crime
A new study suggests that all software companies should buy critical code flaws to close cyber-crime vulnerabilities
Microsoft Expands Bug Bounty To Tackle Exploits
Microsoft is a late comer to bug bounties, but now expands the scheme to offer more tempting rewards
Security Research Must Have Its Just Rewards
After T-shirt-gate, Mozilla and Microsoft, can show Yahoo the right way – and the wrong way – to respond to security research, says Sean Michael Kerner
Microsoft Signs Up To Bug Bounties With £65,000 Reward
Microsoft has finally joined the bug bounty movement and promises to pay for vulnerability discoveries
Pwn2Own Hackers Down Browsers, Java, Adobe Plug-ins
The annual hacking contest in Canada has successfully compromised Java, Adobe plug-ins, as well as IE10, Firefox and Chrome
Google To Offer Rewards For Chrome OS Hacks
Google has begun a competition offering more than £2m in prize money for those that can hack its Chrome OS
Google Plugs 20 Chrome Security Vulnerabilities
Google has fixed 20 security flaws for the Chrome browser, and also offered up a new tab-synchronisation feature
Google Raises Bug Bounty To £12,394 Per Flaw
Google will pay out up to a maximum of $20,000 (£12,394) per flaw as part of its bug bounty raise
Secunia To Handle Vulnerability Reporting Pain
Secunia is offering an alternative to bug bounties, by handling the vulnerability reporting process
Google Hands Over £16,000 For Chrome Bug Bounties
Google has paid out over £16,000 to bug hunters who uncovered 18 flaws in Chrome 15
Facebook Hands Over £25,000 To Bug Hunters
Facebook has coughed up £25,000 to researchers as part of its newly introduced bug bounty program
Microsoft Opens Cheque Book For Ethical Hackers
Blue hat is the new white hat, as Microsoft offers money to ethical hackers who contribute towards security
Google Hands Over £10,000 For Chrome Fixes
Google has patched 27 security holes in Chrome and rewarded bug hunters with just under £10,000
Facebook Revises Bug Disclosure Policy
In an effort to ease fears that bug submitters could be subject to legal action, Facebook has re-worded its vulnerability disclosure policy
Bug Bounties: Why The Controversy?
Software companies have offered payment for bugs before. Peter Judge asks why it is any different for security vendors to do the same?