Bug bounties are programs organizations offer to incentivize security researchers or ethical or white hat hackers to find and report vulnerabilities in their software, websites or systems. Bug ...

Microsoft has revealed it awarded 341 researchers a total of $13.6 million during the past year for reporting security vulnerabilities in its bug bounty programs. The awards were issued between July 1 ...

Meta launches WhatsApp Research Proxy to aid bug bounty investigations into WhatsApp protocols Specialized research pilot expands to include abuse issues with engineering support and tooling In 2025, ...

Meta paid out $4 million through its bug bounty program in 2025, which brings the total awarded to $25 million.

Mastercard has joined PayPal, Square, Stripe and a handful of banks offering “bug bounties” to volunteers willing to comb some of its websites in search of glitches. Purchase, N.Y.-based Mastercard ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office — or CDAO — announced on Monday that it launched a public bug bounty ...

“You actually have to be deliberate about building maturity and sustaining that maturity over time,” said Luta Security's Katie Moussouris. Bug bounties fail to deliver long-lasting security benefits ...

In the rush to launch, cybersecurity doesn’t always get the attention it deserves, and yet it’s one of the first things that startups learn can — and will — go wrong. Hacker and security researchers ...