Researchers Uncover New Android Spyware With C2 Server Linked to Turla Hackers

An Android spyware application has been spotted masquerading as a "Process Manager" service to stealthily siphon sensitive information stored in the infected devices. Interestingly, the app — that has the package name "com.remote.app" — establishes contact with a remote command-and-control server...

Tor Launches Bug Bounty Program — Get Paid for Hacking!

With the growing number of cyber attacks and breaches, a significant number of companies and organisations have started Bug Bounty programs for encouraging hackers, bug hunters and researchers to find and responsibly report bugs in their services and get rewarded. Following major companies and...

Air Force Hopes To Attract Hackers With Bug Bounty Program

On Wednesday, the United States Air Force became the latest division of the U.S. Armed Forces to announce a public-facing bug bounty program. The program, Hack the Air Force, invites vetted white hat security experts to hack key public-facing Air Force websites. The Air Force follows in the...

Tap Cash Rewards - Make Money - Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Tap Cash Rewards - Make Money published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

HTTPS Opens Door to Paid Pinterest Bug Bounty

Pinterest’s journey toward becoming a fully HTTPS website opened a lot of doors, including a potentially profitable one for hackers. The social networking site this week announced that it would begin paying cash rewards through its bug bounty program, upping the stakes from the T-shirt it...

Internet Bug Bounty Pays $5,000 for Severe Bugs

A bounty program begun by a bevy of industry heavyweights, including Microsoft and Facebook, will pay good money to white hats, researchers and even aspiring young hackers who find bugs in any of a dozen technologies central to the vitality and trustworthiness of the Internet. Dubbed the Internet...

Yahoo is now offering up to $15,000 in bug bounty after policy review

Offering cash rewards for vulnerability reports has become something of a norm when it comes to big tech companies these days. Yahoo has changed its bug bounty policies following a deluge of negative feedback in the wake of the news that ethical hackers were rewarded with $12.50 in gift vouchers...

Yahoo is now offering up to $15,000 in bug bounty after policy review

Offering cash rewards for vulnerability reports has become something of a norm when it comes to big tech companies these days. Yahoo has changed its bug bounty policies following a deluge of negative feedback in the wake of the news that ethical hackers were rewarded with $12.50 in gift vouchers...

Facebook distributing White Hat Debit Card to Bug Bounty Winners

Facebook distributing White Hat Debit Card to Bug Bounty Winners Polish IT security portal Niebezpiecznik.pl, which recently published an image of a bug bounty card given to Szymon Gruszecki, a Polish security researcher and penetration tester. Neal Poole, a junior at Brown University, has report...

Facebook Pays Out $40,000 in Bug Bounties in First Month

Just a month into its cash-for-bugs program, social networking giant Facebook doled out some $40,000 in bounties to researchers from 16 countries, according to a company statement. Joe Sullivan, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer, authored a column on Facebook’s security page yesterday heralding t...

Metasploit Launches Reward Program For Exploits

The team behind the Metasploit Project is launching its own version of a bug bounty program: cash payouts for working exploits. The group is hoping to get explit code for as many of its top 30 vulnerabilities as possible before the program expires later this summer. Metasploit has put together a...

Barracuda Networks Launches Bug Bounty Program

Following the lead of Mozilla and Google, Barracuda Networks is launching a bug bounty program that will pay out cash rewards for vulnerabilities found in the company’s own products. The move by Barracuda, a maker of mail security and data protection products, is the first such bug bounty program...