$$$ Bug Bounty $$$

What is Bug Bounty ?

A bug bounty program, also called a vulnerability rewards program (VRP), is a crowdsourcing initiative that rewards individuals for discovering and reporting software bugs. Bug bounty programs are often initiated to supplement internal code audits and penetration tests as part of an organization's vulnerability management strategy.




Many software vendors and websites run bug bounty programs, paying out cash rewards to software security researchers and white hat hackers who report software vulnerabilities that have the potential to be exploited. Bug reports must document enough information for for the organization offering the bounty to be able to reproduce the vulnerability. Typically, payment amounts are commensurate with the size of the organization, the difficulty in hacking the system and how much impact on users a bug might have.


Mozilla paid out a $3,000 flat rate bounty for bugs that fit its criteria, while Facebook has given out as much as $20,000 for a single bug report. Google paid Chrome operating system bug reporters a combined $700,000 in 2012 and Microsoft paid UK researcher James Forshaw $100,000 for an attack vulnerability in Windows 8.1.  In 2016, Apple announced rewards that max out at $200,000 for a flaw in the iOS secure boot firmware components and up to $50,000 for execution of arbitrary code with kernel privileges or unauthorized iCloud access.


While the use of ethical hackers to find bugs can be very effective, such programs can also be controversial. To limit potential risk, some organizations are offering closed bug bounty programs that require an invitation. Apple, for example, has limited bug bounty participation to few dozen researchers.

Related articles

1. Pentest Tools Open Source
2. Hacking Tools Kit
3. Hacking Tools For Beginners
4. Hacker Tools Online
5. Pentest Tools Linux
6. Pentest Tools Android
7. Hack Tools For Ubuntu
8. Hacking Tools Name
9. Hacker Tools Apk Download
10. Hacker Techniques Tools And Incident Handling
11. Hack Apps
12. Pentest Tools For Windows
13. Hacking Tools For Pc
14. Hak5 Tools
15. Hack Website Online Tool
16. Hacking Tools For Kali Linux
17. Pentest Tools Website Vulnerability
18. Blackhat Hacker Tools
19. Pentest Tools Android
20. Hacking Tools For Pc
21. Hacker Tools 2019
22. Pentest Tools Framework
23. Install Pentest Tools Ubuntu
24. Pentest Recon Tools
25. Hacker Tools Windows
26. How To Install Pentest Tools In Ubuntu
27. Wifi Hacker Tools For Windows
28. Hacking Tools 2020
29. Hacking Tools For Games
30. Hacker Tools For Mac
31. Hackrf Tools
32. Pentest Tools Open Source
33. Github Hacking Tools
34. Pentest Tools Tcp Port Scanner
35. Hacker Tools Apk Download
36. Hacking Apps
37. Pentest Tools For Windows
38. Hacker Tools
39. Hacker Tools For Pc
40. Hack Tools Pc
41. Hack App
42. Hacking Tools For Beginners
43. Termux Hacking Tools 2019
44. Pentest Tools Download
45. Hacker Tools Linux
46. Hacking Tools For Pc
47. Computer Hacker
48. Hacking Tools Pc
49. Hacking Tools 2019
50. Hack Website Online Tool
51. Hacker Tools 2019
52. Hack Tools For Ubuntu
53. Nsa Hacker Tools
54. Hacking Tools For Windows Free Download
55. Hacker Search Tools
56. Blackhat Hacker Tools
57. Hacker Tools For Windows
58. Easy Hack Tools
59. Hacking Tools Software
60. Hack Tools Mac
61. Hacking Tools Windows
62. Pentest Tools For Windows