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Bug bounty program

A bug bounty program is a deal offered by many websites, organizations, and software developers by which individuals can receive recognition and compensation for reporting bugs, especially those pertaining to security vulnerabilities. If no financial reward is offered, it is called a vulnerability disclosure program.

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Bug bounty program

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Bug bounty program

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related to Corporate · 24
Bug bounty program → Adobe, Android, Chrome, Facebook, GitHub, Google, Google Cloud, Google Play Store, Google's Vulnerability Rewards Program, HackerOne, In, In October, Internet-related, Microsoft, NCC Group, November, Previously, Signal Sciences, Submissions, The Ford Foundation
related to Government · 16
Bug bounty program → Apache Tomcat, Drupal, EU-FOSSA, European, Hack, HackerOne, In, In March, Intigriti, KeePass, Pentagon, Peter Cook, The, The European Commission, US, VLC
related to history · 12
Bug bounty program → Alfred Charles Hobbs, Get, Hunter, In, Later, Netscape, Netscape Navigator, Ready, These, US, Volkswagen Beetle, VRTX
related to Alternative vulnerability markets · 10
Bug bounty program → According, Discoverers, Government, In, It, Not, NSO Group, Some, US, Zerodium
related to Reports · 10
Bug bounty program → Another, Because, Bug, HackerOne, One, Some, SQL, The, To, XSS
related to Rewards · 10
Bug bounty program → According, Facebook, Facebook's, In August, Later, Many, Mark Zuckerberg, Palestinian, Successful, The
related to Participants · 9
Bug bounty program → Although, Anyone, Cybersecurity, HackerOne, In, Journal, Participants, The, United States
related to Motivation · 8
Bug bounty program → Alternatively, Despite, If, Many, Organizations, Some, The, Vulnerabilities
related to Legality · 7
Bug bounty program → Although, In China, It, Most, The, Vulnerability, WooYun
related to Platforms · 7
Bug bounty program → Bugcrowd, Cobalt, HackerOne, Open Bug Bounty, Others, Synact, There

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Bug bounty programis adeal offered by many websites0.90text
HackerOneinstance ofOther companies offer bug bounties via platforms0.80text
the size of the companyinstance ofRewardsThe size of the reward offered varies on such factors0.80text
the difficulty of finding the vulnerabilityinstance ofRewardsThe size of the reward offered varies on such factors0.80text
and how severe its effects could be if exploitedinstance ofRewardsThe size of the reward offered varies on such factors0.80text
Zerodiuminstance ofby selling the vulnerability to brokers0.80text
spyware companies such as NSO Groupinstance ofby selling the vulnerability to brokers0.80text
governmentsinstance ofby selling the vulnerability to brokers0.80text
or intelligence agenciesinstance ofby selling the vulnerability to brokers0.80text
Bug bounty programrelated to Alternative vulnerability marketsNot0.60section
Bug bounty programrelated to Alternative vulnerability marketsIt0.60section
Bug bounty programrelated to Alternative vulnerability marketsSome0.60section

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