T-Mobile patched a vulnerability on its website last week that could have exposed the personal information — including email addresses, account numbers, and other data — of its 76 million users. [More]
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Private Firm Outdoes Apple, Offers $500K To Hackers Who Find Flaws In iPhone
By 8.10.16
A week after Apple finally announced its first bug bounty program, promising to hand over up to $200,000 to hackers who find and alert Apple about security flaws, a private exploit trading firm is offering security researchers a better deal for their vulnerability intel on the tech giant: up to $500,000. [More]
Dutch Teen Collects One Million United Airlines Miles For Finding Security Flaws
By 8.9.16
Next time you’re sitting on a United Airlines flight next to a European teenager getting the royal treatment, it could be the latest young hacker to figure out a security flaw in the airline’s network. [More]
Apple Launches Bug Bounty Program; Will Pay Up To $200K For Reports
By 8.5.16
Between iPhones, iPads, Mac computers, and other devices, hundreds of millions of people have sensitive personal information stored on Apple products. In an effort to ensure this info and other data remains secure, Apple has joined the ranks of companies publicly offering bug bounties to hackers who find and alert Apple of security flaws. [More]
Fiat Chrysler Will Pay $1,500 Bug Bounties To Hackers Who Uncover Security Flaws
By 7.13.16
Nearly four months after the FBI warned carmakers that their products were “increasingly vulnerable” to hacking, Fiat Chrysler has unveiled its plan to combat any future hack attacks: launch a so-called “bug bounty” program to pay members of the public for finding security flaws in its vehicles. [More]
10-Year-Old Receives $10K Facebook Bug Bounty For Finding Instagram Comment Flaw
By 5.4.16
Since Facebook launched its bug bounty program in 2011, the social media company has divvied up more than $4.3 million, including the $10,000 recently awarded to a 10-year-old who found a vulnerability in Facebook-owned Instagram. [More]
Uber Offers $10,000 “Bug Bounty” To Hackers Who Can Detect Service’s Security Flaws
By 3.22.16
No matter how hard a company works to ensure its secure its product is, someone, somewhere can find a security flaw in it that leaves it wide open to hackers. For these reasons, several organizations have sought the services of white-hat hackers to test for weaknesses in their networks and websites. Today, Uber joined that growing list of companies. [More]
Government Asking People To “Hack The Pentagon” To Find Security Flaws
By 3.2.16
The Pentagon is joining a long list of companies and organizations in opening the door to hackers by asking for the public’s help in testing the cybersecurity infrastructure of some of its websites. [More]
Google Bestows “Bug Bounty” On Guy Who Successfully Bought And Owned Google.com (For A Few Minutes)
By 10.12.15
We all know the old saying: ‘Tis better to have owned a major technological giant’s domain name briefly and lost it, than to have never owned a major technological giant’s domain name at all. A guy who successfully purchased Google.com and held onto it for a few minutes was rewarded for his efforts by way of a “bug bounty” from Google. [More]
Tesla Will Pay You Up To $1000 To Break Their Website — But Don’t Try It On The Cars
By 6.5.15
If there is one truism we can count on in the digital era, it is that everything has bugs. No matter how carefully designed or nominally secure something is, someone, somewhere, can find a vulnerability in it. [More]
