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    • Sep 2006
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    Latest Tech News - Microsoft, Facebook to offer bounty for security bugs

    divdiv class=postBody txtWrap section=txt readability=23pTrack down a security hole on the World Wide Web, and you could earn as much as $5,000./ppSponsored by Microsoft and Facebook, the a href=https://hackerone.com/ibbInternet Bug Bounty/a challenges you to hack your way into such critical Web platforms as a href=https://hackerone.com/opensslOpenSSL/a, a href=https://hackerone.com/phpPHP/a, a href=https://hackerone.com/perlPerl/a, and a href=https://hackerone.com/apacheApache/a. One challenge even invites you to a href=https://hackerone.com/internethack the Internet itself/a, meaning finding a bug that affects a wide range of products and users./ppIf the public is demonstrably safer as a result of your contribution to internet security, we'd like to be the first to recognize your work and say 'thanks' by sending some cash to you or your favorite non-profit, the site promises./ppThe bounty varies depending on which platform you hack. Finding a security hole in Apache can earn you $500, while taking on the whole Internet can add $5,000 to your bank account. A panel comprised of people from Microsoft, Facebook, and Google will judge which hacks are reward-worthy./ppMicrosoft already offers its own cash prizes for those who uncover security holes. But a bounty offer team-up among the three tech rivals is something new./ppThe program is the a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/06/net-us-facebook-microsoft-bounties-idUSBRE9A516T20131106brainchild of Facebook Product Security Lead Alex Rice/a, according to Reuters. Rice said he came up with the idea one day after having drinks with Katie Moussouris, who runs Microsoft's bounty program, and Chris Evans, who is part of Google's Chrome browser security team./p/div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center
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