By Bugcrowd Aug 7, 2020Zero Tolerance for Gender Inequality Gender inequality in the tech and infosec community is not new. Women make up 20-24% of all roles in cybersecurity and face continued discrimination in many forms that inhibit their professional careers. Microaggressions may seem insignificant to some, but they… Read More
By Bugcrowd Aug 5, 2020The Who, What, Where, and Why of VDPs The average iPhone app has just under 50,000 lines of code. Testing at these volumes, while factoring in pressure to launch on time, makes it nearly impossible to surface all potential vulnerabilities pre-production. Organizations need a way to identify vulnerabilities… Read More
By Bugcrowd Jul 7, 2020Infographic: The Anatomy of a Hacker – Inside the Mind of White Hat Hackers We’ve all learned the human body is composed of about 60% water, but what about the human mind? Bugcrowd recently took a dive into the mind of a hacker, surveying 3,493 security researchers to create the most extensive study of… Read More
By Bugcrowd Jun 23, 2020Demystifying Hackers: Bugcrowd’s 2020 Inside the Mind of a Hacker Report Modern perceptions of hackers are often informed by their stereotypical portrayals in Hollywood. But in reality, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Despite what most blockbuster films would have you believe, hackers aren’t formidable hooded characters or gun-slinging action… Read More
By Bugcrowd Nov 25, 2019Bugcrowd Founder on Google Increasing Android Bounty to $1.5 Million Last week, Google announced a bug bounty reward of $1 million to anyone who could carry out a full chain remote code execution exploit on the Titan M secure chip within Pixel devices (this comes shortly after Apple launched its… Read More
By Bugcrowd Nov 7, 2019Bugcrowd Attack Surface Management: The Role of the Researcher One of the key challenges facing any growing organization is maintaining oversight over all assets connected to the business, wherever they lay. As an organization’s digital footprint expands, so too does their attack surface, making a comprehensive risk-based security strategy… Read More
By Bugcrowd Oct 30, 2019Cybersecurity Awareness Month: The Hackers’ Guide to Staying Secure Year Round At Bugcrowd, we’re committed to making the digitally-connected world a safer place. And we couldn’t do so without the creativity and skills of our Crowd. So with October and National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) wrapping up, we wanted to share… Read More
By Bugcrowd Oct 29, 2019State of Retail Cybersecurity: Saying IDONT to IDOR this Holiday Season November is right around the corner, and so is the holiday shopping season. As consumers prepare to loosen their wallets, retailers are preparing to tighten their security. For many, this means restricting code changes to mission critical systems so that… Read More
By Bugcrowd Sep 6, 2019How Crowdsourcing Helps Enterprises Reduce Risk and Improve Security This post was originally authored by Joel Witts for Experts Insights. Expert Insights speaks to David Baker, Chief Security Officer and VP of Operations at Bugcrowd, about their crowdsourcing approach to application security, and his tips for security success. Penetration… Read More
By Bugcrowd Aug 23, 2019Hacker Summer Camp 2019: Highlights and Beyond Hacker Summer Camp 2019 was one for the books for team Bugcrowd. With some of the world’s best hackers, major tech companies, and government agencies converging, Bugcrowd had a bird’s eye view to observe some major happenings in the world… Read More
