Bug bounty programs are designed to sic security researchers on software and pay them to find vulnerabilities and report back to the sponsor. In return, the researchers are richly rewarded for their ...

In 2024, Google paid $11.8 million in bug bounties to 660 researchers who took part in the tech giant's vulnerability rewards program. The program, focused on keeping Google products safe and ...

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Software providers continue to rely on community support to help them identify code mistakes that can lead to malicious attacks. Bug bounty programs remain a crucial component of cybersecurity ...

On Monday, Google launched a new reward program dedicated specifically to finding bugs in AI products. Google’s list of qualifying bugs includes examples of the kind of rogue actions it’s looking for, ...

Bugcrowd today announced that its platform was chosen as the bounty payment method for Google's Bug Hunting Community (bughunters.google.com). In an effort to improve the scale and speed of payments ...

Google has announced new compensation incentives for people who find vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser as part of the company’s Chrome Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP). The increases to its ...