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Real or fake voice? FTC gives you $25,000 if you help solve huge tech challenge of AI era

Martin Hodás — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:30:01 +0000

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is now accepting submissions for its Voice Cloning Challenge, aiming to counter the misuse of AI tools able to generate synthetic voices of real persons. Read more...

Google now offering bigger bounties for finding exploits in Chrome's JavaScript engine

Usama Jawad — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 06:10:01 +0000

Google has updated the rules for its Chrome Vulnerability Rewards Program, offering bigger bounties and bonuses for security researchers who discover security exploits in Chrome's JavaScript engine. Read more...

Houseparty is offering $1M to the first user who can provide proof of sabotage

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 13:20:01 +0000

The firm believes that it was the target of a smearing campaign attributing the app to the hacking of bank accounts and other profiles, and will give $1M to the first person who will prove the same. Read more...

Coder was 'tempted to clean up Bieber's channel' after discovering a security flaw in YouTube

Usama Jawad — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:10:01 +0000

A Russian coder recently found a vulnerability in YouTube which allowed him to delete any video on the service, he also said that he was "tempted to clean up Bieber's channel" following its discovery. Read more...

Microsoft offers $250K for information on Rustock botnet

Brad Sams — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:42:33 +0000

Microsoft has been diligently pursing the Rustock botnet and earlier this year they took down the Rustock botnet which was responsible for as many as 30 billion spam messages per day. It was yet another... Read more...

Get $500-$1337 for finding Google Chrome bugs

Antonio Miceli — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:36:25 +0000

Following in the footsteps of Mozilla, Google issued a statement yesterday in their Chromium blog that they are implementing a reward system for developers who find bugs in the Google Chrome web browser in an... Read more...

Microsoft offers $250,000 reward for info on Conficker

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:20:39 +0000

In an attempt to put pressure on the criminals responsible for the Conficker worm outbreak that has infected more than 9 million Windows PCs worldwide since late December, Microsoft today announced that it will offer... Read more...

BSA offers $1 Million Reward for Software Piracy Reports

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:37:46 +0000

The Business Software Alliance, the global organization representing the nation's leading software manufacturers, will intensify efforts to battle software piracy in the workplace by increasing its current rewards incentive from $200,000 to $1 million from... Read more...

IBM Offers Reward For Lost Employee Data

Wed, 16 May 2007 18:41:42 +0000

IBM admitted that a contractor is believed to have lost multiple tapes containing identifying information on an undisclosed number of current and former IBM employees. The tapes hold employment data on them, including names, addresses,... Read more...

Microsoft Offers $250K Reward for Virus

Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:51:33 +0000

Microsoft Corp. promised Thursday to pay a $250,000 reward to anyone who helps authorities capture and prosecute the author of a fast-spreading computer virus. The reward is the third offered so far under a $5... Read more...

Gateway's Changes Yield Little Reward

Sat, 11 Jan 2003 08:30:01 +0000

If Gateway Inc. hasn't pulled out of its slump, it's not for lack of trying new things. Last year the firm experimented widely and boldly, launching a new branding campaign that ditched... Read more...

Samsung offers £100K reward for Heathrow DRAM theft info

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:14:52 +0000

Samsung and its insurers are offering a Â£100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the people, or person, behind the $4.5m Heathrow computer chip theft in October Here are some... Read more...