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Google Paid Out $17 Million in Bug Bounty Rewards in 2025

Google distributed $17.1 million in bug bounty rewards in 2025, a 40% increase from 2024, bringing its 15-year total to $81.6 million across over 700 security researchers.

Information security

fromComputerWeekly.com

6 days ago

Vulnerability reports: Increase in quantity, decrease in quality? | Computer Weekly

Bug bounty programs face sustainability challenges due to increased low-quality submissions, prompting cURL founder Daniel Stenberg to shut down his HackerOne program and switch to GitHub for vulnerability reporting.

NYC startup

fromBusiness Insider

9 months ago

Meet the Yale student and hacker moonlighting as a cybersecurity watchdog

Yale student Alex Schapiro discovered a critical security flaw in the dating app Cerca, underscoring the importance of ethical hacking for startups.

Artificial intelligence

fromArs Technica

10 months ago

Open source project curl is sick of users submitting "AI slop" vulnerabilities

AI-generated vulnerability reports are misleading and can be easily identified.

There's a need for better tools and infrastructure to counter the misuse of AI in security reporting.

fromSecuritymagazine

11 months ago

New to cybersecurity and need experience? Start with bug bounties

The cybersecurity workforce is facing a shortfall of nearly 4.8 million professionals, with 64% of organizations highlighting skills shortages that hinder operations.

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