Friday, November 6, 2026

Bug Bounty

Google Offers $250,000 Bug Bounty for Full Google Cloud Project Takeover Vulnerabilities

Google has announced a $250,000 reward, called the "Root-in-Cloud" program, for researchers who can demonstrate complete administrative takeover of arbitrary Google Cloud projects or organizations without prior access. Google...

Google Tightens Open-Source Bug Bounty Rules After Surge in AI-Generated Vulnerability Reports

Google has stopped accepting new "product vulnerability" reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP) due to a significant increase in...

GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty Program Aims to Improve AI Safety and Performance

OpenAI has officially launched the GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty program to strengthen safeguards against emerging biological risks. As artificial intelligence models become more advanced,...

Google’s Bug Bounty Program Hits Record $17 Million in 2025 Payouts

Google has announced a record-breaking year for its Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP). In 2025, the tech giant paid out more than $17 million to...

UIDAI Introduces Bug Bounty Program to Strengthen Aadhaar Defenses

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has officially launched its first structured bug bounty program to fortify the Aadhaar system. As the foundation...

Record $250K Bug Bounty Awarded for Discovering Critical Chrome RCE Flaw

Google has awarded a record-breaking $250,000 bug bounty to security researcher Micky for discovering a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Google Chrome that...

Microsoft Offers $30,000 Bounties for AI Security Flaws

Microsoft has launched a new bounty program that offers up to $30,000 to security researchers who discover vulnerabilities in its AI and machine learning...

Meta’s Bug Bounty Initiative Pays $2.3 Million to Security Researchers in 2024

Meta's commitment to cybersecurity took center stage in 2024 as the tech giant awarded over $2.3 million in payouts to global security researchers participating...

Researchers Breach Software Supply Chain and Secure $50K Bug Bounty

A duo of cybersecurity researchers uncovered a critical vulnerability in a software supply chain, landing them an extraordinary $50,500 bug bounty. The exploit, described as...

Bug Bounty Bonanza: $40,000 Reward for Escalating Limited Path Traversal to RCE

As a dedicated bug bounty hunter with an enviable track record on BugCrowd, Abdullah Nawaf, Full full-time bug Bounty Hunter, thrives on the thrill of...

McDonald’s Delivery App Bug Let Customers Orders For Just $0.01

McDonald's India (West & South) / Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. operates a custom McDelivery web app for ordering McDonald's food for delivery, dine-in, and...