Meta has offered a bug bounty of up to $300,000 if cyber security researchers can find remote code execution bugs in its systems and apps: Facebook to pay hackers up to $300,000 to uncover remote code execution bugs – The Record by Recorded Future
White Hat Hacking Competition
The white hat hacking competition Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 has revealed 63 zero-day flaws, that were there to be exploited by black hat hackers if they found them first, and collected nearly a million dollars in bounties: Hackers earn $989,750 for 63 zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own Toronto (bleepingcomputer.com) A good news …
Intel BIOS source code has been stolen
Intel has confirmed that the leaked BIOS code on GitHub is the code for the UEFI BIOS of Alder Lake CPUs. Intel confirms leaked Alder Lake BIOS Source Code is authentic (bleepingcomputer.com) Intel has been talking down the security implications of the leak, however the release of the code will …
Google elite bug bounty program
I have written before about how good “bug bounties” are for improving everyone’s cyber security, rewarding the white hat hackers and researchers for their work. The Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP) Now Google has launched a bug bounty program that rewards the ethical technologists for finding and …
Bug Bounties – a good way to improve your cyber security
Offering money to ethical technologists, who spot flaws in your software and tell you first before the hackers spot it, is an excellent way to keep your software secure. Microsoft reveals bug bounty payouts • The Register
