Security Apple Apple offers $1 million bounty for uncovering security flaws in private AI cloud The rewards are comparable to those offered for iOS By Skye Jacobs, October 28, 2024
Security Google Google awarded $10 million in bug bounties last year, the second highest in the program's history The largest single payout was $113,337 By Rob Thubron, March 13, 2024
Software Security AI-generated bug reports are becoming a big waste of time for developers Better sounding crap is still hallucinated crap, curl project creator states By Alfonso Maruccia, January 8, 2024
Security Google Google reveals bug bounty program for its own Android apps like Chrome, Gmail and the search widget The company paid $12 million to security researchers in 2022 By Adrian Potoroaca, May 24, 2023
The Web Meta awarded researcher a $27,200 bug bounty for glitch that bypassed Facebook 2FA There was no limit on how many times users could get their 2FA code wrong By Cal Jeffrey, January 30, 2023
Security Google Google pays researcher $70,000 for discovering simple Android lock screen bypass bug Make sure your Android device is up to date By Rob Thubron, November 15, 2022
Software Security Microsoft increases bug bounty awards for high-impact Microsoft 365 flaws More money is needed to fund security research By Adrian Potoroaca, April 19, 2022
Security Intel expands bug bounty program with a group of elite hackers under Project Circuit Breaker banner The best of the best By Shawn Knight, February 3, 2022
Security Apple Apple is still investigating three iOS 15 zero-days after researcher criticizes bug bounty program Researcher claims app review process allows malicious apps to slip through to App Store By Daniel Sims, September 28, 2021
Microsoft Security Microsoft awarded $13.6 million to security researchers via bug bounty programs over the past year Squashing bugs for cash By Shawn Knight, July 9, 2021
Mobile Instagram was storing deleted photos and DMs on its servers for over a year The bug has now been fixed By Rob Thubron, August 14, 2020
Security Apple Bug bounty hunter snags $100,000 award for zero-day bug in 'Sign in with Apple' system Cupertino patched the hole before it could be used in the wild By Cal Jeffrey, June 1, 2020
Industry Security Hackers scored a record $40M in bug bounties in 2019 Seven of them have made a million dollars from their craft By Adrian Potoroaca, February 26, 2020
Microsoft Microsoft will award up to $20K for finding vulnerabilities in Xbox Live Strengthening security of the service would mean less downtime and more playtime for the 64 million+ gamers on the platform By Humza Aamir, January 31, 2020
Security Google Google paid researchers $6.5 million in bug bounties last year The largest single reward was $201,337 By Rob Thubron, January 29, 2020
Apple Apple opens bug bounty program to all, increases maximum reward Get up to $1 million By Rob Thubron, December 20, 2019
Security OnePlus launches a bug bounty program with rewards of up to $7,000 The company is also partnering with HackerOne to let security researchers test OnePlus' systems for vulnerabilities By Humza Aamir, December 20, 2019
Security Apple Apple says teen that discovered FaceTime bug is eligible for bug bounty Reward could be between $25,000 and $200,000 By Cal Jeffrey, February 7, 2019
Software EU to fund bug bounties for open source projects including PuTTY, Notepad++, KeePass, Filezilla and VLC Up to $100,000 per bug By Isaiah Mayersen, December 30, 2018 9 comments
Gaming Valve awards $20,000 bug bounty for exploit that produced unlimited free games Valve quickly plugged that hole as soon as it found out By Cal Jeffrey, November 13, 2018
Security HP launches a bug bounty program for printers The industry's first bug bounty program for printing devices By Shawn Knight, July 31, 2018
Security Intel expands bug bounty program to include Spectre-style vulnerabilities, ups reward to $250,000 Could it help prevent another security disaster? By Rob Thubron, February 15, 2018
Electronics Security Security researcher gives up $30,000 bug bounty after DJI allegedly threatened legal action Ambiguity leads to backlash amid legal threats By Greg Synek, November 20, 2017
Security Microsoft Microsoft criticizes Google over handling of Chrome exploit Remote code execution vulnerability appears on Github By Greg Synek, October 19, 2017
Mobile Security Samsung is the latest to offer a mobile-focused bug bounty program Earn up to $200,000 By Shawn Knight, September 7, 2017