A flaw in the system with which WhatsApp identifies contacts in the address book has allowed a group of academics ...

Microsoft is to expand its bug bounty scheme to reward people for finding high-risk security vulnerabilities that could impact the security of Microsoft’s online services. The company is extending its ...

Governments should make software companies liable for developing insecure computer code. So says Katie Moussouris, the white hat hacker and security expert who first persuaded Microsoft and the ...

Most major platforms have dealt with large-scale data leaks tied to weak or unprotected APIs. You've seen this play out with Facebook, X and even Dell. The pattern is always the same. A feature meant ...

A security researcher has complained about reduced payments from discovered macOS flaws by Apple's bug bounty program, despite Apple raising the maximum for more high-profile rewards. In October, ...

ICE published a contract proposal seeking vendors to carry out "skip tracing" of 1.5 million people without legal status in the U.S. The agency originally offered contracts worth up to $180 million, ...

Bug bounty programs have emerged as a cornerstone of modern cybersecurity strategy, fundamentally transforming how organizations approach vulnerability management and security testing. These programs ...

Patricia Lopez is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics and policy. She is a former member of the editorial board at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where she also worked as a senior political ...

Google Search Console has a bug with its API when filtering on the searchAppearance dimension. This bug occurs when using the notEquals or notContains operators, it will only return rows with the ...

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Apple has announced a major overhaul of its bug bounty program that doubles the top reward to $2 million for exploit chains that can match the sophistication of mercenary spyware attacks. With bonuses ...

Apple is updating its Security Bounty program this November to offer some of the highest rewards in the industry. It has doubled its top award from $1 million to $2 million for the discovery of ...