Bug Bounty Program

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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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  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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  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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  Xbox Bug Bounty Programme Launched With Rewards of Up to $20,000

  Microsoft announced a new Xbox Bounty programme today. As part of the programme, security researchers or white hat hackers can help the tech giant identify security loopholes in its Xbox Live network and services.

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  Apple Opens Lucrative Bug Bounty Programme to the Public, Details Rules

  Apple has opened its previously-closed bug bounty programme for all security researchers wherein it will pay lucrative amount to those who find and report them to Apple Product Security, depending on the flaw discovered.

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  OnePlus Unveils New Bug Bounty Programme, Partners With HackerOne to Increase Security Efforts

  The new OnePlus Security Response Center will offer bug bounty ranging from $50 to $7,000 to security experts who discover and report on potential threats to OnePlus’ systems through the new bug bounty program.

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  Google Expands Scope of Its Bug Bounty Programme, Unveils Data Protection Reward Program for Developers

  Google has expanded the scope of its bug bounty program to cover all apps with over 100 million downloads.

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  Google Expands Its Bug Bounty Programme to Combat Platform Abuse

  Google's bug bounty programme does not yet cover individual instances of abuse, which are required to be reported through product-specific channels.

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  HP Ready to Pay Hackers Up to $10,000 for Finding Software Flaws in Its Printers

  HP claims that this new bug bounty program for its printers is private for now, and is based on an invite-only model for security researchers.

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  Facebook to Offer 'Bounty' for Reporting Data Abuse

  Facebook said it would begin offering rewards to people who report misuse of private information from the social network.

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  Google Play Security Rewards Program Offers Bug Bounties for Third-Party Mobile Apps

  Google will partner with HackerOne, a bug bounty programme management website, to target a list of apps and flaws.

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  Samsung Mobile Security Bug Bounty Programme Announced With Rewards Up to $200,000

  Samsung is offering up to $200,000 to anyone who can spot vulnerabilities in its products including 38 Samsung devices, Bixby, Samsung Pay, and other services.

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  Windows Bug Bounty Program Announced With Payouts Up to $250,000

  Microsoft has been running the bounty programme since 2012 but the company is expanding it to cover more ground in Windows 10.

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  Zomato Hacked: 'Cooperative' Hacker Agrees to Take Stolen Usernames, Passwords Off the Dark Web

  The Zomato hacker has asked for the company to run a bug bounty programme in exchange for removing the user information from the dark Web marketplace.

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  Google Paid Out $3 Million to Bug Researchers in 2016; Nearly $1 Million for Android

  Google's bounty program was founded in 2010 and the company has so far paid $9 million to researchers.