Facebook is launching a loyalty program for white hat hackers alongside a description language designed to standardize the process of reporting bugs. The Facebook Bug Description Language (FBDL) is ...

Bug bounty firm HackerOne Inc. today announced the launch of its first partner program to meet a growing demand for cybersecurity solutions that leverage their global ethical hacker community. Called ...

Dropbox’s referral program is one of the most cited examples of successful growth hacking. To encourage user acquisition, Dropbox offered free storage space to both the referrer and the referee. For ...

The folks behind the upcoming Gdium netbook have launched a new program they’re calling “One Laptop Per Hacker.” The goal is to build a more robust developer community around the company’s unusual ...

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a solicitation for companies to provide crowdsourced vulnerability assessment services—including for competitions and live events—for phase two of the ...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering up to $5,000 bug bounties under a new program called Hack DHS, it announced. Vetted security researchers invited by the agency will get access ...

Today's computers have more than 2,000 times as much memory as the machines of yesteryear, yet programmers are still writing code as if memory is in short supply. Not only does this make programs ...

Uber’s information security chief, John Flynn, defended the company’s practice of paying hackers to find security flaws as he faced lawmakers over a data breach in 2016 where hackers stole the ...

No matter how many times you read about it on the web, there’s always a fresh new moment of uneasiness when you see someone mention that software can take over your webcam without you knowing about it ...