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Facebook bug-hunting scheme pays out $40,000

The company's programme to encourage people to report bugs they find on the site has paid out $40,000 in its first three weeks Read more

30 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills
SportsTap 3.2.1

SportsTap 3.2.1

...50, 100, or 200 mile range.Recent changes:Added ScoreMobile branding.Relentless bug hunting, numerous fixes have led to even better stability, memory management and... Read more

31 May, 2011
Finding and Understanding Bugs in C Compilers

Finding and Understanding Bugs in C Compilers

...paper they present the compiler-testing tool and the results of the bug-hunting study. The first contribution is to advance the state of the... Read more

18 March, 2011

Bug-hunting becomes mass effort

...a central site, letting people who use the software contribute to the bug-hunting effort. If the Cooperative Bug Isolation Project can get enough people... Read more

20 October, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Open-source bug-hunting effort to grow

US government-backed scheme will take on more projects, having already fixed 6,000 bugs since it began Read more

28 March, 2007 by Joris Evers

JavaScript bug-hunting tool revealed

Researcher has demonstrated but not released a tool that can make a web user's PC crawl and audit public websites Read more

26 March, 2007 by Joris Evers
An uncomfortable month makes a quiet year

An uncomfortable month makes a quiet year

In an ideal world, a month of bug hunting wouldn't be needed. In reality, it does more good than... Read more

5 March, 2007 by Leader

US Report: Notes open to Net attack

...attack from the Internet, according to a report from a high-profile bug-hunting group Read more

7 August, 1998 by Matthew Broersma
Stepping inside Microsoft's war room

Stepping inside Microsoft's war room

...marks the way. One room is for handling the technical work of bug hunting, while the other focuses on what to say to customers and... Read more

5 December, 2007 by Ina Fried
Fixing the bug fixers

Fixing the bug fixers

...point out that open communities of unpaid developers have a major flaw: bug-hunting is hard work and dull. Creating a celebrated feature in an... Read more

28 March, 2007 by Leader

Apple megapatch tackles 45 flaws

...by the update were previously released as part of two high-profile bug-hunting campaigns. The vulnerabilities pose varying risks to Macs. Several of the... Read more

14 March, 2007 by Joris Evers

iDefense ups ante for bounty hunters

...iDefense offer a legitimate way for them to get paid for their bug hunting. There is also an underground market for information on vulnerabilities. Cybercriminals... Read more

27 July, 2005 by Joris Evers

TippingPoint to offer bug bounty

...s offer a legitimate way for them to get paid for their bug hunting. There is also an underground market for information on vulnerabilities. Cybercriminals... Read more

25 July, 2005 by Joris Evers

Are vulnerable times responsible times?

Is there a fine line between conscientious bug-finding and ransom...? Read more

2 March, 2005 by Patrick Gray

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