Blog Posts

In 2011, when IBM’s Watson supercomputer went up against ‘Jeopardy’ icon Ken Jennings, the world watched as a battle of man vs. machine concluded in an impressive win for Watson. It wasn’t simply...

Guest post by Jan Spitalnik, CTO of subscription video on demand service, Showmax Maintaining a video streaming service across the whole of Africa is challenge enough, without the added pressure...

Corben Leo, popularly known as “cdl”, is currently a Computer Science student at Dakota State University but he’s been a security researcher and a bug bounty hunter for years. He’s attended a...

HackerOne’s global Security@ conference is back for its fourth year. This year’s virtual event will take place October 20-22, 2020. Today, we’ve opened our call for speakers! Are you looking for a...

When thinking about bug bounty customers, most people's minds will most likely go to huge tech brands long before they go to their local coffee chain. Customer loyalty is serious business though...

Hello HackerOne community! I’m Amanda Berger and I’m thrilled to be joining the HackerOne team and begin empowering our global customers to build a safer internet. I’m no stranger to security....

A Security Consultant at his own business (17Security), a student at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and a seasoned bug bounty hunter, Sam Curry, aka “zlz”, was only 12-years-old when he started...

What is pentesting? What is the OWASP Top 10? How is pentesting different than bug bounty? How can I take bug bounty skills I’ve learned and apply them to my day job? I want to upskill my...

Remember those days, pre-pandemic, when you thought your security scope was complex? But now, with employees at home, new video and collaboration apps being rolled into daily workflows, and less...

Visma is a leading business solution provider in Northern Europe, focusing on business optimization and management tools in a variety of industries. The company’s nearly one million customers...

Hailing from Fargo, North Dakota, hogarth45 — known offline as Jesse Clark — joined HackerOne in December 2014. In the past six years, he’s reported more than 640 vulnerabilities and some 30+...

Penetration testing is a good baseline for evaluating system vulnerabilities and an industry best practice that supports routine security hygiene. Many companies also use traditional pentests to...

Asia continues to be a growing international hub for talented hackers who want to do good. Last year, hackers around the world earned over $40 million in bounties on the HackerOne platform, and...

rijalrojan is a long time bug bounty hunter, student and CTF creator. He is constantly expanding his knowledge whether that’s at California State University Fullerton getting his Computer Science...

@meals has been hacking since September 2014 and has uncovered 926 valid vulnerabilities on HackerOne, ranking 6th on the HackerOne all-time leaderboard. He has an extensive background in...

This year, the Juneteenth holiday gained wider global recognition. At HackerOne, we kicked off our inaugural Juneteenth celebration with a day of learning, reflection and unified commitment to...

We’re pleased to announce some enhancements to how Reputation, Signal, and Impact are calculated. These changes will be applied going forward (not applied retroactively) and align with requests...

“It’s not worth building a fence if it can be bypassed just two steps to the side” Mail.ru Group is a bug bounty veteran; with a program that spans 6 years, paying out over $1 million in bounties...