A program that pays researchers for information on software vulnerabilities, the Internet Bug Bounty (IBB), will now also reward those who develop tools and techniques to spot bugs. The idea is to ...

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

Meta has expanded its bug bounty program for WhatsApp, announcing new incentives to improve security research on the messaging platform alongside a $4 million award to white hat hackers who discover ...

Open source projects, ran by individuals and teams of developers worldwide, are relied upon by everything from enterprise players to SMBs. Open source components are stored and shared publicly, and ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. A government-friendly website building tool is the first target for a General Services Administration program that recruits freelance ...

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, ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Congress is itching to launch a bug bounty program at the Homeland Security Department, but department officials are ambivalent about ...

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At SAS@Home, Luta Security CEO Katie Moussouris stressed that bug bounty programs aren’t a ‘silver bullet’ for security teams. SAS@Home 2020– After a Grindr security flaw was disclosed this week, the ...