bug bounty Archives

Facebook designer Blaise DiPersia addresses the first Congressional Hackathon in the Congressional Auditorium at the Capitol Visitors Center December 7, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Bug bounties, constituent casework automation among ideas touted at Congressional Hackathon

Ideas from hackathons carry no formal weight, but many have been implemented over the years, including public access to raw legislative data and digitizing casework processes for…

Sep 15, 2023 By Caroline Nihill Madison Alder

Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) speaks before a House hearing at the US Capitol on June 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountbility Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation met to discuss the use of technology at the US Border, airports and military bases. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Rep. Mace proposes new vulnerability disclosure rules for contractors

The Federal Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act will set requirements pushing federal contractors to employ vulnerability disclosure policies.

Aug 24, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

Hack U.S. initiative helping improve DOD’s cybersecurity posture

Director of DOD's Vulnerability Disclosure Program in the DOD Cyber Crime Center Melissa Vice and former Navy Deputy Chief Information Officer Danelle Barrett.

Jul 12, 2022 By FedScoop Staff

Ongoing bug-bounty pilot pinpoints many vulnerabilities in DOD’s cyberspace

Through Hack U.S., the Pentagon is offering cash rewards for exposures of digital weaknesses.

Jul 8, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

DOD expands vulnerability disclosure program to contracting base in pilot

Forty-one defense contractors in the small-to-medium-size range participated in a vulnerability disclosure pilot that resulted in 1,015 reports, of which 401 were validated by system owners for…

May 2, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

DARPA’s new Toolbox Initiative offers non-production licenses for the latest and greatest tech to performers, like chips and processors.

DARPA makes hardware bug bounty platform open source

The agency hopes that the system will help white-hat hackers to spot flaws in chip designs.

Jul 6, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Hack the Army event yields 102 critical security gaps

The Army worked with Defense Digital Services and HackerOne on the latest bug bounty, which identified 238 overall vulnerabilities.

Jun 10, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

A soldier assigned to 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, takes the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics as part of the 1st SBCT’s Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at Fort Carson, Colorado, July 18, 2020. (U.S. Army / Capt. Daniel Parker)

Army launches ‘Hack the Army 3.0’ with more targets for cybersecurity researchers

White-hat hackers will have from mid-December to the end of January to find vulnerabilities in the army.mil domain and other areas specified by the Army.

Nov 9, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Lauren Knausenberger, U.S. Air Force — Lauren Knausenberger speaks Dec. 4, 2018, at the Public Sector Innovation Summit presented by VMware and produced by FedScoop and StateScoop. (FedScoop)

Air Force wants to reserve its cyber experts for big jobs while AI plays defense

The Air Force sees defensive cyber measures as the best place to start when it comes to using artificial intelligence.

Jun 24, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

What one bug bounty platform’s FedRAMP authorization means for the industry

HackerOne beat its competitors to federal cloud services authorization, allowing it to deliver the kind of vulnerability disclosure platform sought for agencies governmentwide.

May 26, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir