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Ethereum Foundation Quadruples Bug Bounty to $1 Million Ahead of Merge Release
Identifying critical bugs on Ethereum blockchain could earn the testers the big bounty prize money of $1 million (roughly Rs. 8 crore). Testers who alert about smaller bugs will also be rewarded with increased bounties under this initiative. Ethereum’s revamp into the energy-efficient Merge upgrade is tentatively slated for release around mid-Sep...
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UIDAI Bug Bounty Programme: 20 Ethical Hackers to Reportedly Detect, Fix Aadhaar Data Security Issues
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has called out for ethical hackers who will detect and fix vulnerabilities in the Aadhar security system, as per a report. They will be given access to the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) that stores the Aadhaar data of 1.32 billion Indians.
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Sky Mavis Offers Up to $1 Million in Bug Bounty After Losing $625 Million in Major Hack
Sky Mavis, the parent of Axie Infinity game, has offered to pay security developers upto $1 million (roughly Rs. 7.5 crore) to identify loopholes in their security systems. The rewards will be paid in AXS, the native token of Axie Infinity game. The step comes after Sky Mavis-developed Ronin Network lost $625 million (roughly Rs. 4,729 crore) in a ...
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Ukraine Ethical Hackers Bewildered as HackerOne Bug Bounty Platform Said to Halt Their Payouts
Ethical hackers in Ukraine are feeling lost amid the ongoing disruption from Russia as bug bounty platform HackerOne has withheld their payouts. Some of them have taken the issue to social media.
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Cardano Foundation Doubles Hacker Bounty Rewards for Finding Key Vulnerabilities in Its Blockchain
Cardano Foundation has announced a six-week promotion running up to March 25, during which white-hat hackers can double their rewards in bounty once they've been able to successfully prove to have found a vulnerability.
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White Hat iOS Hacker Earns $2 Million Bounty for Finding, Patching 'Critical Bug' in ETH Scaling Platform
Ethereum scaling startup Optimism announced that it had identified and patched a critical bug earlier this month which was discovered and fixed by an iOS jailbreak software Cydia developer and white-hat hacker Jay Freeman for which he was awarded a sum upwards of $2 million (roughly Rs. 15 crore).
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Cryptocurrency Heist: Poly Network Says Hacked Funds Returned
Poly Network said that almost all of the $610 million (roughly Rs. 4,520 crores) stolen this month in one of the biggest crypto heists had now been returned by the unknown person or persons behind the attack.
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Cryptocurrency Heist: Poly Network Rewards Hacker With $500,000 'Bug Bounty'
Poly Network, the cryptocurrency platform which lost over $610 million (roughly Rs. 4,530 crores) in a hack earlier this week, confirmed on Friday it had offered the hacker or hackers a $500,000 (roughly Rs. 4 crores) "bug bounty."
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For Bug Hunters in India, Apple Has Become a New Honeypot
From small towns and rural areas to urban cities and even the national capital, security researchers in India are quite actively looking for ways to find vulnerabilities for Apple to earn huge bounties and gain benefits from its brand value.
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Instagram Retained Photos, Private Messages Even After Users Deleted Them
A security researcher was awarded with a $6,000 (roughly Rs. 4.5 lakhs) bug bounty pay after discovering that Instagram retained data on its server even after he had deleted them, as per reports.
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Sony Makes PlayStation Bug Bounty Programme Public, Offers Rewards Up to $50,000
Sony has made its bug bounty programme for the PlayStation 4 console and the PlayStation Network public. It is a reward system for researchers or whoever finds a bug in Sony’s PlayStation related devices and reports it to Sony, so the company can patch it before the same is exploited.
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Delhi Police’s Digital 'ZIPNET' Infrastructure Flaw Put Everyone’s Safety at Risk: Security Researcher
Security issues in the Delhi police Internet infrastructure meant that the criminal database, FIRs, and even communications were all at risk from bad actors.
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Apple Pays Indian Developer Rs. 75 Lakh for Finding a Bug in ‘Sign in With Apple’ Process
Apple has reportedly paid an Indian developer $100,000 (roughly Rs. 75.3 lakh) for finding a critical bug in the ‘Sign in with Apple’ process on its devices. The 27-year-old developer named Bhavuk Jain pointed out through a blog post that there was a Zero Day bug in the 'Sign in with Apple' process.
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Aarogya Setu App Code Gets Open Sourced, Bug Bounty Programme Announced
NITI Aayog has open sourced the code of the Aarogya Setu app weeks after privacy concerns were raised by various experts.
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Oyo Launches Bug Bounty Programme to Strengthen Platform Security
Oyo has said that it will introduce a bug bounty programme towards ensuring that there is a credible and continuous flow of positive feedback from independent security groups and individual researchers to mitigate against any bug or shortfall in the company's systems.
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Ethereum Foundation Quadruples Bug Bounty to $1 Million Ahead of Merge Release
Identifying critical bugs on Ethereum blockchain could earn the testers the big bounty prize money of $1 million (roughly Rs. 8 crore). Testers who alert about smaller bugs will also be rewarded with increased bounties under this initiative. Ethereum’s revamp into the energy-efficient Merge upgrade is tentatively slated for release around mid-Sep...
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UIDAI Bug Bounty Programme: 20 Ethical Hackers to Reportedly Detect, Fix Aadhaar Data Security Issues
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has called out for ethical hackers who will detect and fix vulnerabilities in the Aadhar security system, as per a report. They will be given access to the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) that stores the Aadhaar data of 1.32 billion Indians.
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Sky Mavis Offers Up to $1 Million in Bug Bounty After Losing $625 Million in Major Hack
Sky Mavis, the parent of Axie Infinity game, has offered to pay security developers upto $1 million (roughly Rs. 7.5 crore) to identify loopholes in their security systems. The rewards will be paid in AXS, the native token of Axie Infinity game. The step comes after Sky Mavis-developed Ronin Network lost $625 million (roughly Rs. 4,729 crore) in a ...
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Ukraine Ethical Hackers Bewildered as HackerOne Bug Bounty Platform Said to Halt Their Payouts
Ethical hackers in Ukraine are feeling lost amid the ongoing disruption from Russia as bug bounty platform HackerOne has withheld their payouts. Some of them have taken the issue to social media.
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Cardano Foundation Doubles Hacker Bounty Rewards for Finding Key Vulnerabilities in Its Blockchain
Cardano Foundation has announced a six-week promotion running up to March 25, during which white-hat hackers can double their rewards in bounty once they've been able to successfully prove to have found a vulnerability.
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White Hat iOS Hacker Earns $2 Million Bounty for Finding, Patching 'Critical Bug' in ETH Scaling Platform
Ethereum scaling startup Optimism announced that it had identified and patched a critical bug earlier this month which was discovered and fixed by an iOS jailbreak software Cydia developer and white-hat hacker Jay Freeman for which he was awarded a sum upwards of $2 million (roughly Rs. 15 crore).
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Cryptocurrency Heist: Poly Network Says Hacked Funds Returned
Poly Network said that almost all of the $610 million (roughly Rs. 4,520 crores) stolen this month in one of the biggest crypto heists had now been returned by the unknown person or persons behind the attack.
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Cryptocurrency Heist: Poly Network Rewards Hacker With $500,000 'Bug Bounty'
Poly Network, the cryptocurrency platform which lost over $610 million (roughly Rs. 4,530 crores) in a hack earlier this week, confirmed on Friday it had offered the hacker or hackers a $500,000 (roughly Rs. 4 crores) "bug bounty."
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For Bug Hunters in India, Apple Has Become a New Honeypot
From small towns and rural areas to urban cities and even the national capital, security researchers in India are quite actively looking for ways to find vulnerabilities for Apple to earn huge bounties and gain benefits from its brand value.
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Instagram Retained Photos, Private Messages Even After Users Deleted Them
A security researcher was awarded with a $6,000 (roughly Rs. 4.5 lakhs) bug bounty pay after discovering that Instagram retained data on its server even after he had deleted them, as per reports.
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Sony Makes PlayStation Bug Bounty Programme Public, Offers Rewards Up to $50,000
Sony has made its bug bounty programme for the PlayStation 4 console and the PlayStation Network public. It is a reward system for researchers or whoever finds a bug in Sony’s PlayStation related devices and reports it to Sony, so the company can patch it before the same is exploited.
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Delhi Police’s Digital 'ZIPNET' Infrastructure Flaw Put Everyone’s Safety at Risk: Security Researcher
Security issues in the Delhi police Internet infrastructure meant that the criminal database, FIRs, and even communications were all at risk from bad actors.
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Apple Pays Indian Developer Rs. 75 Lakh for Finding a Bug in ‘Sign in With Apple’ Process
Apple has reportedly paid an Indian developer $100,000 (roughly Rs. 75.3 lakh) for finding a critical bug in the ‘Sign in with Apple’ process on its devices. The 27-year-old developer named Bhavuk Jain pointed out through a blog post that there was a Zero Day bug in the 'Sign in with Apple' process.
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Aarogya Setu App Code Gets Open Sourced, Bug Bounty Programme Announced
NITI Aayog has open sourced the code of the Aarogya Setu app weeks after privacy concerns were raised by various experts.
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Oyo Launches Bug Bounty Programme to Strengthen Platform Security
Oyo has said that it will introduce a bug bounty programme towards ensuring that there is a credible and continuous flow of positive feedback from independent security groups and individual researchers to mitigate against any bug or shortfall in the company's systems.
