An upstart security research firm with a controversial business model is at the center of a debate over how software bugs should be disclosed. Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis (VDA) Labs, founded ...

Lucrative financial rewards and the expansion of Internet services are driving a ‘bug-hunting’ bonanza among Nepali youth who have time in their hands during the pandemic lockdowns. Once the exclusive ...

Many security researchers make a living with security companies, but not everyone likes the rigidity of a corporate environment. Some work on a freelance basis. Like vigilante outlaws, they dig up ...

It seems like easy money. If you like tinkering with software, some big players in the tech world have a job for you: bug bounty hunter. At least one hacker says he can clear $250,000 a year by doing ...

In April 2007, when Apple's “I'm a Mac” ads were telling people that Macs can't get hacked, security researcher Dragos Ruiu decided to put the idea to the test – in front of a room full of security ...

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Facebook updated the terms of its bug bounty program for third-party services integrating with the platform to increase the rewards received by researchers. A year ago, Facebook announced that it ...

The vast majority of white hat hackers who reported that they were looking for jobs in cybersecurity said that their bug hunting experience helped them land a job, according to Bugcrowd’s 2018 Inside ...

Top-earning ethical hackers are rewarded with 2.7 times more money than the median salary of a full-time software engineer in their home country, a recent survey about the economics, geography and ...

Lucrative financial rewards and the expansion of Internet services are driving a ‘bug-hunting’ bonanza among Nepali youth who have time in their hands during the pandemic lockdowns. Once the exclusive ...