Tesla paid a $10,000 bounty for a vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) that had received a patch five days before getting the bug report. The issue was tagged as a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The year was 2016, and Hack the Pentagon had just become the federal ...

Bug bounty programs remain a crucial component of cybersecurity strategies in 2025, offering organizations the ability to draw in help from a diverse pool of cybersecurity professionals and ...

AI-powered bug hunting has changed the calculus of what makes for an effective bounty program by accelerating vulnerability discovery — and subjecting code maintainers to ballooning volumes of AI flaw ...

Cloud communications firm Zoom paid out more than $1.8 million in bug bounties in 2021, quadruple the previous year, as the company ramped up its programs for supporting independent vulnerability ...

OpenAI now offers hackers $100,000 in bug bounty update. Bug bounty programs are big news for big money reasons. Exceptional hackers can earn exceptional bounties, with Google having paid out $11.8 ...