Apple Opens Its Invite-Only Bug Bounty Program to All Researchers

As promised by Apple in August this year, the company today finally opened its bug bounty program to all security researchers, offering monetary rewards to anyone for reporting vulnerabilities in the iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, and iCloud to the company. Since its launch three years ago,...

GitHub Increases Rewards, Scope For Bug Bounty Program

GitHub has bolstered its bug-bounty program with increased rewards, an expanded scope of products and the addition of legal “safe-harbor” terms aiming to protect bounty hunters. The web-based hosting service announced Tuesday that its program, first launched in 2014, will no longer have a maximum...

Google Jacks Up Bug Bounties For Serious Vulnerabilities

Google has one of the older bug bounty programs in existence, and the company often makes changes to its rules in an effort to stay current with the security landscape. The latest change is another increase in the rewards that the company will pay to researchers who report certain bugs, including...