By Michael Hamel Jul 15, 2020Your Mission, If You Choose to Accept It: LevelUp0x07 Our 7th LevelUp will be held on August 22nd! What can you expect from LevelUp0x07? Amazing talks covering a variety of infosec topics Good Spy Jokes A community of researchers looking to network CTF Challenges Bad Spy Jokes Check out… Read More
By Athena Peterson Jul 15, 2020Program Spotlight: ExpressVPN Public Bug Bounty About ExpressVPN: ExpressVPN operates thousands of VPN servers and makes cross-platform VPN applications for all major desktop and mobile operating systems as well as routers and browser extensions. About the Program: ExpressVPN’s public program will be focused on: Vulnerabilities in… Read More
By Michael Hamel Jul 13, 2020Update: Q1 2020 MVP RESEARCHERS There was a glitch in the Matrix! When we announced the Q1 MVPs back at the end of May, our method for evaluating the data had some formulaic issues. We thank you for your patience while we went under the… Read More
By Lauren Craigie Jul 10, 2020Vulnerability Disclosure Programs: 7 Reasons Why CEOs Need Them Too Have you ever had a vendor claim to reduce attacks against your business? Unless they’re running some sort of protection racket, “reducing attacks” isn’t really possible. What they might mean is that they’ll help you avoid negative consequences from the… Read More
By Breonna Burrell Jul 8, 2020Researcher Spotlight: RQU Exploiting car hacking vulns might drive you crazy, but rqu sure isn’t tired of it yet! Since 2016, rqu has participated in numerous Bugcrowd hardware and API-based Bug Bounty programs. He has also hacked with us at 4 separate Bug… 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 Breonna Burrell Jul 2, 2020Researcher Spotlight: Caleb Kinney On the HUNT for a cool new Recon tool, but don’t know where to start? Caleb Kinney is your guy! As an Application Security Enthusiast and Developer Hobbyist, Caleb has worked on a number of free, open-source tools to contribute… Read More
By Lauren Craigie Jun 30, 2020Bug Bounty & Pen Test: How to Choose, and When to Combine Bugcrowd launched Next Gen Pen Test, the first product in our Pen Test portfolio, in November of 2018. Since then, “The Difference Between Bug Bounty and Next Gen Pen Test” has remained one of our most popular blogs. Maybe not… Read More
By Athena Peterson Jun 25, 2020Leading Through Disruption: Six Best Practices from Security Leaders on Coping with COVID-19 COVID-19 has been an unprecedented event, causing organizations across the globe to rethink how they work overnight. We recently spoke to four security leaders about how they’re navigating the business impacts of COVID-19 and asked them to share their best… Read More
By Athena Peterson Jun 25, 2020Program Spotlight: Upwork Upwork’s senior information security engineer reveals how a public bug bounty program helps reassure clients and keeps the company’s critical platform secure In today’s fast-paced world, organizations need a fast-paced solution to finding skills and resources. The Upwork platform was… Read More
