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Microsoft Launches an AI Bug Bounty Program
As Microsoft aggressively integrates AI into its broad portfolio of products and services, the IT giant now is looking for help to ensure they are free of vulnerabilities. The company this month ...
Google Pixel Can be Unlocked via SIM Swap (Other Android Phones, Too)
A Hungarian researcher found a nasty Android security bug: Malicious people can unlock your phone ...
Google Vulnerability Reward Program Focuses on Open Source Software
Google’s bug bounty program will be expanded to include a special open source section called the Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP), the company announced on its security blog. Through ...
Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of April 25, 2022
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us ...
The DHS is inviting hackers to break into its systems, but there are rules of engagement
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is inviting security researchers to uncover vulnerabilities and hack into its systems, in an attempt to better protect itself from malicious attacks. The DHS ...
Ethical Hackers Prevented $27B in Cybercrime
Ethical hackers proved their worth over the 14 months that the pandemic ravaged economies and organizations were at their most vulnerable, preventing $27 billion in cybercrime during the time when flaws threatened ...
Feds Propose ‘911’ Emergency Call for Reporting Security Flaws; Experts Warn It’s Easier Said Than Done
CISA drafts directive to create a vulnerability disclosure policy for government websites and apps Agency seeks to centralize the effort via a standard vulnerability disclosure platform service next spring Cybersecurity veteran Katie ...
$20,000 up for grabs in Xbox Live security hole hunt
Microsoft is inviting gamers, security researchers, and technologists to pit their wits against the Xbox network in the search for security vulnerabilities. With a newly-announced bug bounty, Microsoft is inviting bug hunters ...
HackerOne Bug Bounty Website Hacked
A hacker managed to compromise HackerOne, a company that itself pays white hat hackers to find security breaches for other companies. The hacker, identified only by the pseudonym haxta4ok00, figured out a ...
Google Expands Scope of One Bug Bounty Program, Launches Another
Google has decided to expand the scope of one of its bug bounty programs as well as launch another security rewards initiative. On 29 August, Android Security & Privacy team members Adam ...
