Tag Archive for: bounty

Battling against zero-day exploit black market, Microsoft expands $100,000 bug bounty

In the current zero-day exploit market, it’s common to pay out six-figures for a single exploit and now Microsoft has thrown open the door and invited more security-minded individuals to compete for the $ 100,000 prize.
Ms. Smith’s blog

Facebook vulnerability that allowed any photo to be deleted earns $12,500 bounty

An engineer has discovered a vulnerability in Facebook that could have allowed for any photo on the site to be deleted without the owner’s knowledge.
Naked Security – Sophos