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Yahoo To Offer Bug Bounty Rewards Up To $15,000

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-me dept.

aesoteric writes "Yahoo is set to launch its first formal bug bounty system after Swiss pen testers complained about the $12.50 vouchers offered for locating XSS vulnerabilities. The web giant also said the voucher rewards were informal and actually funded out of the pockets of the company's own IT security staff."

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  1. In other news... by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...The once powerful Yahoo grasps at straws to attract developers back after fucking them over for a few years...

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  2. Re:Good luck getting paid by muphin · · Score: 3, Interesting

    that's counter productive, hiring a full time developer to scour the site for bugs would costs hundreds of thousands, and here we have people with the skill after a small amount. Also if the people doing the pen-testing get fucked over they just release the exploit and move onto a site that appreciates their time

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