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 ...

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 ...

In today's era of cutthroat competition, carving a name for yourself in the field of technology is a major feat. When we talk of Information Technology, one such remarkable name that shines through is ...

In this News Desk interview with Dark Reading senior editor Alex Culafi from Black Hat USA 2025, high school students Sasha Zyuzin and Ruikai Peng discuss their innovative framework for vulnerability ...

RISC-V continues to make headlines worldwide, but verification continues to be challenging. The findings of the Wilson Research Report, 2022 (see figure 1) make the trends in verification clear. We ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Young IT professionals and self-taught coders are finding an exciting way to earn money, by hacking. But not the illegal kind. These are ethical hackers and they are getting paid ...

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 ...