At Black Hat 2019 today, Microsoft announced the Azure Security Lab, a sandbox-like environment for security researchers to test its cloud security. The company also doubled the top Azure bug bounty to $40,000.
Bug Bounty Program
More than 30 security issues have been fixed in VLC, the popular open source media player, with developers praising an EU-funded bug bounty program for helping produce its most secure update yet.
Four months since going public with our bug bounty program, we dive into where we’re at, what success looks like, and what to expect down the road.
Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) is asking researchers to focus on server-side vulnerabilities through a new bug bounty addition.
Though enterprises were once tentative about using so-called bug bounty programs to detect vulnerabilities, researchers are proving to be effective and trustworthy partners in assessing security risks.