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  • AI helps Microsoft bug hunters chase a record $20M payday
  • Mythos helps bug bounty firm find critical hidden RCE
  • GitHub slashes public bug bounty payouts as AI report flood buries its security team

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theregister.com /1 month ago

AI helps Microsoft bug hunters chase a record $20M payday

Broader bounty rules added to a swelling volume of machine-assisted vulnerability reports

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computerweekly.com /1 week ago

Mythos helps bug bounty firm find critical hidden RCE

HackerOne used Anthropic's controversial Claude Mythos 5 model on its codebase and found a critical hidden flaw.

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theregister.com /1 month ago

GitHub slashes public bug bounty payouts as AI report flood buries its security team

Code shack also putting new limits on first-time researchers, and reserving the biggest rewards for a hand-picked group of proven hunters

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computerra.ru /1 month ago

РТК-ЦОД запускает программу багбаунти на платформе Standoff Bug Bounty

Источник: Компьютерра - Журнал о науке и технологиях РТК-ЦОД, ИТ-сервис-провайдер полного цикла, запускает программу багбаунти на платформе Standoff Bug Bounty от ведущего разрабо...

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thehackernews.com /1 month ago

GitHub Cuts Public Bug Bounty Payouts, Moves Top Rewards to VIP Tier

Beginning July 27, 2026, GitHub will cut public bug bounty payouts by at least half at every severity level. Critical findings will drop from $20,000-$30,000+ to a fixed $10,000, w...

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computerra.ru /3 weeks ago

Багбаунти в эпоху ИИ: как меняются исследователи, отчеты и триаж

Источник: Компьютерра - Журнал о науке и технологиях Российский рынок багбаунти за несколько лет прошел путь от узкоспециализированного инструмента до одного из основных элементов...

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gbhackers.com /1 month ago

Microsoft Paid Record $20 Million in Bug Bounties to 562 Security Researchers Worldwide

Microsoft’s Bug Bounty Program awarded over $20 million to 562 security researchers this year, marking the highest total payout and the largest number of recognized researchers in...

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windowscentral.com /1 month ago

Microsoft pays security researchers $20M following AI-backed surge in bug reports

Microsoft paid 562 security researchers $20 million for finding vulnerabilities in its software and cloud services, setting a new record for the bounty program.

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protos.com /1 month ago

DeFi loses $35M in a day: Are ‘bounties’ inviting more hacks?

Verus was criticized for setting a 25% bounty following an $11M May exploit. Now AFX has upped the ante, offering $7.2M. The post DeFi loses $35M in a day: Are ‘bounties’ inviting...

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computerra.ru /2 days ago

РТК-ЦОД расширяет программу багбаунти на платформе Standoff Bug Bounty

Источник: Компьютерра - Журнал о науке и технологиях РТК-ЦОД, ИТ-сервис-провайдер полного цикла, переходит к новому этапу багбаунти на платформе Standoff Bug Bounty от разработчик...

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9to5mac.com /1 month ago

Security Bite: Apple’s baffling bug bounty changes finally make sense

9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integra...

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crypto.news /1 month ago

TrustedVolumes attacker returns $2M, keeps another $2M as bounty

A TrustedVolumes attacker has returned 1,122 ETH worth about $2 million while keeping another $2 million as a self-declared bounty. According to Com Feed monitoring, the Ethereum t...

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crypto.news /4 weeks ago

Coinsbuy offers $100K bounty after reported $7.9M hack

Coinsbuy has offered a $100,000 reward for information identifying those behind unauthorized withdrawals that reportedly drained more than $7.9 million from its Ethereum and TRON w...

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cultofmac.com /1 month ago

Apple caps bug bounty reports as AI ‘slop’ floods security team

Apple's bug bounty program rewards researchers to report security flaws, but a flood of AI-generated reports causes problems. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple ne...

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macrumors.com /1 month ago

Apple Limits Bug Bounty Submissions After Flood of AI Slop

Apple limited the number of vulnerabilities security researchers can submit to its bug bounty program because of an uptick in reports about fake bugs hallucinated by AI, according...

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theregister.com /1 month ago

Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites

Flaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide

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theregister.com /3 weeks ago

An AI broke Snowflake's code. Then another AI agent exploited it

Don't worry, this one was via a bug bounty program

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bitcoinmagazine.com /4 weeks ago

BTCPay Server Offers a 3 Bitcoin Bounty for Recovery of Stolen Funds After Wallet Exploit

Bitcoin Magazine BTCPay Server Offers a 3 Bitcoin Bounty for Recovery of Stolen Funds After Wallet Exploit The open-source payment processor is funding a recovery bounty worth 10%...

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thehackernews.com /1 week ago

Attackers Exploit Critical JFrog Artifactory Flaw to Mint Admin Tokens Days After Disclosure

Threat actors are exploiting a newly patched critical security flaw impacting JFrog Artifactory merely days after public disclosure, according to watchTowr. The vulnerability in q...

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crypto.news /1 week ago

Solana AMM Aquifer hit by $2.5 million exploit, offers 20% bounty

Solana-based automated market maker Aquifer has lost roughly $2.5 million in an exploit involving wallets on Solana and Ethereum, with the protocol offering the attacker a 20% boun...

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arstechnica.com /1 month ago

Anthropic is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them

Microsoft is on a mad dash behind the scenes to patch exploits before hackers find them.

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cryptobriefing.com /2 weeks ago

Solana closes bug bounty for Alpenglow upgrade with 300 submissions

Solana's Alpenglow upgrade, tested through a bug bounty, highlights the critical role of security in advancing blockchain consensus mechanisms. The post Solana closes bug bounty fo...

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theregister.com /1 month ago

Cloudflare has mostly ditched third party security tools, suggests not trying that at home

Automates bug bounty triage with Sonnet for $58 a month, CSO says Mythos would cost $200k

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thehackernews.com /1 day ago

Adobe Patches Magento Zero-Day Exploited to Deploy Rust Backdoor and PHP Web Shell

Adobe on Monday released security patches to address a maximum-severity flaw impacting Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source that has come under active exploitation in the wild....

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