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Trapdoor commitments in the SwissPost e-voting shuffle proof

2019/03/12 : Report of researchers who found a vulnerability in the SwissPost e-voting shuffle. The trapdoor commitment scheme allows an undetectable vote manipulation.

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Heart of Blue Gold – Announcing New Bounty Programs (Microsoft)

2013/06/19 : Microsoft decided to create new bounty program.

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Google Ups the Bug Bounty Ante to $3133.7 (Threat post)

2010/07/20 : Dennis Fisher writes on the new adjustment of the price of Google bug rewards.

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Lawyers, Bugs, and Money: When Bug Bounties Went Boom (Part One - Fisher paper)

2021/08/30 : Dennis Fisher writes a three-part series upon the evolution of bug bounties since they get birth. Here is the first part, talking about "the hackers who turned a niche idea into a worldwide ...Read more

Vista contest offers cash for exploits (itnews paper)

2007/01/15 : "A US security firm is offering up to US$72,000 in bounties for the development of working exploits for Microsoft's Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7." Read more

Mozilla Bumps Bug Bounty to $3,000

2010/07/16 : "In an effort to enlist more help finding bugs in its most popular software, such as Firefox, Thunderbird and Firefox Mobile, Mozilla is jacking up the bounty it pays to researchers who report security flaws to $3,000."Read more

Uprising in the Valley: When Bug Bounties Went Boom (Part Two - Fisher paper)

2021/08/31 : Dennis Fisher writes a three-part series upon the evolution of bug bounties since they get birth.

Here is the second part, talking about the growth of "independent...Read more

Google to Pay For Bugs Found in Chromium (Threat post)

2010/01/29 : Dennis Fisher writes on the Google new program. It "will pay security researchers a $500 bounty for every security bug they find in Chromium, the open-source codebase behind the Google Chrome browser, as well as for bugs found in Chrome itself."

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