Microsoft and Facebook reward bug hunters in non-vendor-specific program

By / June 1, 2017

There are plenty of “bug bounty hunt” programs out there, sponsored by various software vendors, but most of them (not surprisingly) focus on the sponsoring vendor’s products. The Internet Bug Bounty program being launched by Microsoft and Facebook, however, covers many different technologies, including Python, Perl, PHP and sandbox technologies in different vendors’ products. There are also two separate rewards for each flaw: one for finding it and one for fixing it.

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Debra Littlejohn Shinder is a technology and security analyst and author specializing in identity, security and cybercrime, utilizing her past experience as a police officer and police academy/criminal justice instructor. She has written numerous books and articles for web and print publications and has been awarded the Microsoft MVP designation for fourteen years in a row.

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