An upstart security research firm with a controversial business model is at the center of a debate over how software bugs should be disclosed. Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis (VDA) Labs, founded ...

A software bug hunter powered by artificial intelligence is outpacing human reviewers, earning it kudos from Toyota, the Walt Disney Company, IBM, and dozens of other major organizations. Called Xbow, ...

Windows 11 bug hides password sign-in icon after Aug 2025 update (KB5064081). Workaround: hover the blank spot where the icon should be, then click the hidden password button. Microsoft's working on a ...

When it comes to detecting bias in algorithms, researchers are trying to learn from the information security field – and particularly, from the bug bounty-hunting hackers who comb through software ...

Google LLC is launching another bug hunting program for coders, offering to pay cash rewards to anyone who can discover vulnerabilities in the open-source software projects it heads up. The Open ...

For Waymo's Software Team, Bug Hunting Sometimes Happens at 45mph Waymo deploys extensive tracking software to monitor on-road activity. 'We can't just throw our hands up in the air in the middle of ...

In April 2007, when Apple's “I'm a Mac” ads were telling people that Macs can't get hacked, security researcher Dragos Ruiu decided to put the idea to the test – in front of a room full of security ...

GitHub, Google, IBM, Red Hat, Microsoft, and VMware are just a few founding members of the Linux Foundation’s latest initiative that aims to smash open source software security bugs. OpenSSF’s ...

Lucrative financial rewards and the expansion of Internet services are driving a ‘bug-hunting’ bonanza among Nepali youth who have time in their hands during the pandemic lockdowns. Once the exclusive ...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has significantly expanded its bug bounty program to all publicly accessible information systems, including not just websites but also networks, frequency-based ...

Security researchers have jumped on Apple’s beta version of the Safari browser, digging up as many as 18 bugs in the software, just one day after its release. Safari 3.0 is getting more attention ...