[Guest Post] Mailgun Takes Its Bug Bounty Program Public
By: David Dobbins, Director of Engineering at Mailgun. Here at Mailgun, we’re in the business of providing developers and businesses a platform that allows them to send email how they see fit for their brand. When you’re handling massive quantities of email for major brands day in and day out, security is your first priority. Not
PureVPN Tasks Bugcrowd for Greater Assurance of User Security
This guest post was written by Umer Awan, the Head of Cyber Security & Emerging Threats @ PureVPN Security is default. There shouldn’t be any other way around it. Being at the helm of a VPN service that’s backed by the trust of more than 3 million users keeps me on the edge. It
Photobox Security Times the Power of the Crowd
This blog was written by Stu Hirst, Head Of Security Engineering, Photobox Group I’ve been a believer in the power of the bug bounty model since 2015 when I ran my first 2-week program with Bugcrowd. During that program the researchers found 149 vulnerabilities! Nearly 50 of which were valid and in scope. That was a
Blockport launches initiative to increase awareness around cyber-security within the crypto industry
This blog was written by Zowie Langdon, CTO of Blockport and originally appeared on the Blockport blog In an effort to maintain and continuously improve security on the Blockport platform, our team is happy to announce the launch of a ‘responsible disclosure program’. Apart from the safety benefits that this program provides for our exchange platform, we
Taking PlanetHoster’s Bug Bounty Program Public
This blog was written by A. Saber Shenouda, CTO of PlanetHoster PlanetHoster’s mission is to provide the latest technologies and technical expertise in an all-in-one premium web hosting platform. We serve more than 60,000 customers using our HybridCloud infrastructure, and proudly host more than 100,000 websites in North America and Europe. It goes without saying
Introducing the Overstock.com Vulnerability Disclosure Program
For nearly two decades, online retail pioneer Overstock.com has used technology to help its customers find the home goods and furniture they want, at the best possible prices. As part of its efforts to maintain its customers’ trust through accountable and transparent IT Security practices, Overstock regularly engages with the security community and participates in
How strong should your Master Password be? For World Password Day we’d like to know
This blog first appeared on 1Passwords’ blog, and is written by customer Jeffrey Goldberg, Chief Defender Against the Dark Arts at 1Password. Just how strong should a 1Password Master Password be? We recommend that Master Passwords be generated using our wordlist generator using passwords that are four words long. This gets you something like “napery turnip speed
Launching the Netflix Public Bug Bounty Program
This customer blog post originally appeared on Netflix’s Tech Blog, written by Sunil Agrawal, Scott Behrens, Dave King, Astha Singhal, Patrick Thomas, Andy Hoernecke, Madan Sriraman. Netflix’s goal is to deliver joy to our 117+ million members around the world, and it’s the security team’s job to keep our members, partners and employees secure. We have
Bugcrowd and Fitbit partner to launch public security bug bounty program
This customer blog originally appeared on Fitbit’s engineering blog, written by Katie Foster, security engineer at Fitbit. Fitbit has always been committed to protecting consumer privacy and keeping data safe. Our internal security team is constantly testing our products for vulnerabilities as we strive to continuously strengthen our security. And, as our devices become more
