Microsoft announces AI bug bounty programme, offers up to $15,000 rewardMicrosoft has launched an AI bounty programme, encouraging researchers to find vulnerabilities in its Bing chatbot and AI integrations. The...
14 Oct, 2023, 01.09 PM IST
OpenAI to offer users up to $20,000 for reporting bugsOpenAI Bug Bounty program, which went live on Tuesday, will offer rewards to people based on the severity of the bugs they report, with rew...
12 Apr, 2023, 07.26 AM IST
Google awards record $12 million to 700 bug researchers, Indian leadsAlphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Saturday said that the company awarded a record $12 million in bug bounties to more than 700 resea...
25 Feb, 2023, 11.46 AM IST
Facebook awards $1.98 million to researchers for findings bugs in 2020India, Tunisia, and the United States were the top three countries based on bounties awarded this year, Facebook said.
20 Nov, 2020, 12.45 PM IST
Indian ethical hacker helps Uber fix flaw in its app that exposed user numbers, emailAnand Prakash is ranked among the top four bug bounty hunters on Uber globally, and the top one from India.
12 Sep, 2019, 03.25 PM IST
Indians lead the world as Facebook big bug huntersIndian experts receive the biggest bounty in Facebook reward scheme for reporting breaches.
06 Sep, 2019, 11.11 AM IST
Meet Bengaluru's bug bounty huntersA common feature seen with Bengaluru’s bug hunters is that their parents are unsure whether their child’s work is ethical at all.
26 Jan, 2019, 01.49 PM IST
Ethical hackers in Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru are making a killing bounty-hunting bugs for tech firmsBug hunting is the most rewarding ethical hacking today, with tech companies ready to pay big bucks.
12 Aug, 2018, 07.04 PM IST
Why hunting bugs online is a lucrative job, except in IndiaIndia tops the list for submissions of bug reports by country. Yet, Indian companies holding bug bounty programmes are few and far between.
28 May, 2017, 11.07 AM IST
Six Indians in Uber's top 50 list of researchers for bug fixingWe appreciate the ongoing contributions of the six researchers in India, Uber said in a statement.
27 Mar, 2017, 08.11 PM IST
Post demonetisation, ethical hackers are in high demand among payment appsIndian online payment companies have been announcing various measures, including hiring ethical hackers, to beef up security against online...
09 Jan, 2017, 04.21 PM IST
Indians responsible for spotting the highest number of bugs on Facebook, ahead of the US & MexicoThe social networking giant paid a total of $611,741 to 149 researchers between January-June this year.
14 Oct, 2016, 03.37 PM IST
Indians top league of nerds in spotting bugs for tech companiesBug bounties are monetary rewards offered by tech firms to geeks who spot bugs, errors and security flaws before malicious hackers spot the...
17 Aug, 2016, 03.17 AM IST
Indian researchers get Rs 4.84 crore in bug bounty: FacebookIndia, which has over 142 million Facebook users, also holds top rank among 127 countries in terms of researchers contributing to its bug b...
18 Mar, 2016, 02.53 PM IST
Facebook to pay over Rs 8 lakh to Indian engineering graduate for finding critical bugArul Kumar, a 21-year-old engineering graduate, has netted a $12,500 bounty from Facebook after he found a critical bug.
03 Sep, 2013, 11.15 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page hackedMark Zuckerberg's account was hacked by a security researcher Khalil Shreateh after the social network ignored his warnings that a glitch i...
19 Aug, 2013, 09.44 PM IST
Facebook pays bug hunters $1 million; India second biggest recipientFacebook started the Bug Bounty programme a little more than two years ago to reward security researchers who report issues.
05 Aug, 2013, 01.19 AM IST