Bug Bytes for December 21: Nation State Attacks, Cybersecurity Legislation and Bug Bounty News
That’s all for this week’s edition of Bug Bytes. Tune in next week for another recap of the week’s cyber security news. On Thursday, Reuters reported that hackers working on behalf of China’s Ministry of State Security had breached the networks of several large tech companies, then used the access to hack into their clients’
Hacker Spotlight: Ambassador Jesse Kinser
This week we’re putting the Spotlight on Jesse Kinser, a Bugcrowd Ambassador in Indiana. Feel free to follow Jesse on Twitter @securitybites Jesse has been hacking for over 10 years and doing bug bounties for about 4 years now. Her story begins when she was curious about computers, especially the internet, around 3rd grade. She
ITSPmagazine Podcast: Why Do Bug Bounty Hunters Do What They Do?
ITSPmagazine’s Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin recently hosted Bugcrowd’s Senior Community Manager, Sam Houston, and two penetration testers who also double as bug bounty hunters, Jasmin Landry (@JR0ch17) and Darrell Damstedt (@hateshaped), on their podcast to take a deeper dive into the hacker community. In this episode, the group discussed the researcher community, the strategies
Top Ecommerce Bugs and What They Mean
With the holiday shopping season in full swing, we thought it was a good time to take a look at one of industries with the biggest impact on consumers. Over the past several years we’ve seen an increase in the number of retail and eCommerce companies embracing the crowdsourced model. In this year’s State of
Hacker Spotlight – Sam “zlz” Curry
We’re back with the Hacker Spotlight series and this week we’re giving a shoutout to Sam Curry. Sam is from Omaha, Nebraska, and has been a rising star in the bug bounty community for the last couple of years. We are excited to have Sam as a Researcher Ambassador, where he’ll be working to help
From The Boardroom To The Scrum: Security Makes It Full Circle In 2018
It’s been another interesting year in security. Reflecting back, it’s clear that no one could have predicted everything that happened. And yet on the precipice of a new year we’ll all attempt to predict what will happen in the year to come. It’s fun to read through the previous year’s predictions as the year draws
Bug Bytes for December 14: Big Bugs, Evidence of Nation-State Threats and the Rise of Ethical Hacking
Top FBI official warns of strategic threat from China through economic and other forms of espionage, the Washington Post reported this week. A senior FBI official on Wednesday said that Chinese economic espionage as well as efforts to steal U.S. research and influence American discourse amount to “the most severe counterintelligence threat” facing the United
Hacker Spotlight – Rachel Tobac
This week we’re putting the Spotlight on Rachel Tobac — hacker, CEO & Co-founder of SocialProof Security where she helps people and companies keep their data safe by training and pen testing them on social engineering risks. Rachel was also a winner of DEF CON’s wild spectator sport, the Social Engineering Capture the Flag contest,
2019 Inside the Mind of a Hacker Report Reveals Gender Imbalance, Hacker Education and Highest Paid Crowds
Today we released the 2019 edition of the Inside the Mind of a Hacker Report, highlighting the makeup of the bug hunting community to provide insight and understanding into who they are, what they like to do, their experiences, skillsets, as well as what motivates them. In the 2019 edition, we look at gender imbalance,
