Facebook and Microsoft, the Internet Bug Bounty of hackerOne, a partnership of tech to the stability and security of the internet to increase financial support. This allows alarms of a breach of security be rewarded.
On the website hackerOne researchers reporting security issues for various technologies that are commonly used on the internet such as php, Apache, or Python. Per technology is there a minimum amount awarded. Apart from that, can hacks be provided that a sandbox security bypass. Many browsers run certain content that possibly may pose a threat, in a so-called sandbox to the rest of the operating system to foreclose.
It is also possible to general security issues for ‘the internet’ to be reported. It should then go to a leak that products from multiple manufacturers, many users touch and especially a danger for the internet as a whole. As an example, we mention the organization, among others, the Beast-exploit from 2011 that encrypted ssl connections could be cracked. For applications in this category is the minimumbeloning $ 5000.
HackerOne is a collaboration between Facebook, Microsoft, Google, security firm iSec Partners and Etsy, a great webshop. Facebook and Microsoft are supporting the initiative financially, the other companies only provide employees. Researchers from the companies will jointly logins, analyze, in addition, they can assist in the publishing of information or coordinating the repair of the leak if many different parties are involved.
Many companies have programs that they developers to encourage security vulnerabilities to report by a reward. The Internet Bug Bounty is created because such a program for some technologies, which are widely used on the internet, is not. It is also for resolving some of the vulnerabilities requires that different organizations work closely together.