Microsoft, following a similar move by Intel, has announced that until the end of this year, it will be
offering bug bounties of up to $ 250,000 for information leading to the successful identification of speculative execution attacks (see Expect More Cybersecurity «Meltdowns»).
Not exact matches
As part of
bug bounty programs, companies
offer cash and other rewards to security researchers or so - called white hat hackers who break into their computer systems and find security holes.
Carter mentioned that the government is already adopting some Silicon Valley practices like its recently announced
bug bounty program in which the government
offers rewards to altruistic hackers who can crack into the Pentagon's computer systems.
First announced amid a slew of updates Zuckerberg
offered up in March as the scandal around abuse of user data by the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica was first coming to light, the new
bounty program is modeled off of Facebook's attempts to combat hackers with a $ 1 million
bug bounty.
The Ethereum
bug bounty bot enables community - driven development by
offering Ether to solution - contributors.
Uber's
bug bounty service - as such a program is known in the industry - is hosted by a company called HackerOne, which
offers its platform to a number of tech companies.
For example, if a participant happens to test out a
bug or issue that could possibly hamper the ecosystem of the given blockchain,
bounties are then
offered to that participant.
United is
offering a
bounty of miles to customers who discover potential
bugs on its website and apps.
In the ICO space, a
bounty program is an
offer made by many startups which enables individuals to receive compensation for performing marketing tasks, reporting
bugs or improving a product or service.
Like other tech giants, Microsoft has
offered bounties for some time, and recently announced the indefinite extension of its
Bug Bounty Program for Edge - but this is the first time that the company has established a complete program across its Windows operating system.