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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 [1] [2] for reporting bugs, especially those pertaining to security exploits and vulnerabilities. [3]
Open Bug Bounty is a non-profit bug bounty platform established in 2014. The coordinated vulnerability disclosure platform allows independent security researchers to report XSS and similar security vulnerabilities on any website they discover using non-intrusive security testing techniques. [1] The researchers may choose to make the details of ...
Bug bounty programs, Vulnerability disclosure. Katie Moussouris is an American computer security researcher, entrepreneur, and pioneer in vulnerability disclosure, and is best known for her ongoing work advocating responsible security research. Previously a member of @stake, she created the bug bounty program at Microsoft [ 1] and was directly ...
Zero-day vulnerability. A zero-day (also known as a 0-day) is a vulnerability in software or hardware that is typically unknown to the vendor and for which no patch or other fix is available. The vendor has zero days to prepare a patch as the vulnerability has already been described or exploited. Despite developers' goal of delivering a product ...
While the SEC had in place a bounty program for more than 20 years to reward whistleblowers for insider trading tips and complaints, an Office of the Inspector General's 2013 report found that the SEC's old program received very few applications from individuals seeking a bounty, and there were very few payments made under the program, possibly because the program was not widely recognized.
Software development. A software bug is a bug in computer software . A computer program with many or serious bugs may be described as buggy. The effects of a software bug range from minor (such as a misspelled word in the user interface) to severe (such as frequent crashing ). Software bugs have been linked to disasters.
Description. Bounties are usually offered as an incentive for fixing software bugs or implementing minor features. [1] Bounty driven development is one of the business models for open-source software. [citation needed] The compensation offered for an open-source bounty is usually small. [2]
A tracking system or defect tracking system is a software application that keeps track of reported software bugs in software development projects. It may be regarded as a type of issue tracking system . Many bug tracking systems, such as those used by most open-source software projects, allow end-users to enter bug reports directly. [ 1]