HackerOne Now Offering Bitcoin Payouts For Bug Bounty Programs
Heard of HackerOne? If you haven't the service allows companies (like Yahoo and Twitter) to allow white hat hackers around the world to dive deep into the coding of a particular service, and if they encounter bugs and vulnerabilities, are eligible to receive a payment for their hard word. For example, if a hacker finds a serious bug or vulnerability in OpenSSL, they offer a minimum bounty of $2,500. HackerOne has partnered up with San Francisco-based Coinbase to offer payouts denominated in bitcoin. Right now, payout methods include wire transfers and PayPal. But with bitcoin, users will....
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Bug bounty hunters, or white hat hackers, around the world that use the popular platform HackerOne can now be paid in Bitcoin. Earlier today, Coinbase announced a partnership with HackerOne, a This means that internet giants such as Facebook, Twitter, and Yahoo! can now pay bug finders in Bitcoin. In fact, HackerOne's many bug bounty hunters can select Bitcoin as their preferred payout option. Compared with the other payment options present for HackerOne, which services an intrinsically international conglomerate of companies and hackers, Coinbase and Bitcoin allow bug bounty hunters to....
Cardano is getting ready for the release of smart contracts capability on September 12th. To this end, the Cardano Foundation is taking steps to make sure that there are no vulnerabilities in the network ahead of launch. A new partnership will help to facilitate this, while also engaging the broader community to take part in making sure that the beloved ecosystem is as safe as possible. Cardano Foundation, in conjunction with HackerOne, recently released a bug bounty program. This program aims to reward hackers for any vulnerabilities that they may find in the network. Bug bounty programs....
Immunefi’s largest bug bounty to date aims to help MakerDAO pinpoint potential vulnerabilities in its smart contracts and apps to prevent monetary losses. MakerDAO has announced that it will begin offering a maximum of $10 million bounty to white hat hackers and cybersecurity specialists who point out legitimate security threats in its smart contracts.Maker’s (MAKER) plan to front-run attacks on its smart contracts is the largest ever on the bug bounty platform Immunefi. In fact if someone claimed the lot, it would equal the total amount of $10 million that Immunefi has paid out to date....
According to the Ethereum Foundation, identifying “critical bugs” — those that have a high impact or likelihood of a high impact on the blockchain — will be worth up to $1 million. The Ethereum Foundation has announced it will be increasing the network’s bug bounty payouts fourfold ahead of the blockchain’s transition to proof-of-stake.In a Wednesday blog post, the Ethereum Foundation said between Aug. 24 and Sept. 8, all “Merge-related bounties for vulnerabilities” will be quadrupled for white hats testing the network. According to the foundation, identifying “critical bugs” — those that....
As you might have read in our latest article, we’re fierce on safety. As blockchain’s first OS, we need to constantly prioritize the security of our code. That’s why we teamed up with Immunefi, DeFi’s leading bug bounty platform. What exactly is a Bug Bounty? A bug bounty is a financial incentive to independent bug […]