bug hunting

Application Security

Issued by: Security Week

Symbols are pieces of information used during debugging, and are contained within Symbol files, which are created by the compiler during application build. Some of these symbols are called ‘public symbols’. They contain basic information, such as function names and global variables, and are used in all forms of debugging. Symbol files that contain only…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

As part of its crowdsourced security program, Zoom has recently increased the maximum payout for vulnerabilities to $50,000. Such figures make great headlines and attract new talent in search of the big bucks, but here is a question that begs to be answered: how much is a vulnerability worth? I have previously found several bugs…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: CSO

7 steps to start a bug bounty program

Vulnerability assessment and identification strategies have evolved to include the concept of crowd sourced security testing through bug bounty programs. While bug bounty programs have been used for over 20 years, widespread adoption by enterprise organizations has just begun to take off within the last few. The bug bounty path, paved by tech giants, is…