What is Bug Bounty?
All About Bug Bounty Program What is Bug Bounty? I think many of you heard about Bug Bounty in linkedIn, Youtube, etc. Bug Bounty is a program offered by many Software Industries, Companies, Organisations by which you can get recognition as well as reward in the form of cash. The first Bug Bounty Program was released in 1983 for developers to hack Hunter & Ready’s Versatile Real-Time Executive Operating System. If a developer reported a bug, they would receive a Volkswagen Beetle car as a reward. Bug Bounty allows programmers to resolve bugs before the user gets aware of it and preventing incidents of widespread abuse.This program is implemented in many companies and organisations like Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. In below picture you can get clear review of Microsoft BugBounty Program : Picture Source : Microsoft Security Response Center. Why do companies use Bug Bounty Program? Bug bounty programs give companies the ability to control large group of hackers in order to f
