Steven SausBug bounty businesses bombarded with AI slop
Never-ending
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/kci80#ai #bug-bounties #security #syndication #white-hat-hacking
Ars Technica NewsOverrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health" https://arstechni.ca/seeo #bugbounties #Security #Biz&IT #LLMs #slop #AI
N-gated Hacker News🚀 Curl bravely steps into 2023 by axing bug bounties, proving AI is now even better at generating nonsense than humans. Meanwhile, Jumi suspects JavaScript's latest conspiracy to disable itself and ruin everyone's day. 🙃
https://etn.se/index.php/nyheter/72808-curl-removes-bug-bounties.html #Curl2023 #AIvsHumans #JavaScriptConspiracy #BugBounties #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated
https://etn.se/index.php/nyheter/72808-curl-removes-bug-bounties.html #Curl2023 #AIvsHumans #JavaScriptConspiracy #BugBounties #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated
Dissent Doe 
UK Government Considers Computer Misuse Act Revision:
https://www.databreachtoday.com/uk-government-considers-computer-misuse-act-revision-a-30197
Protections for researchers and whitehats are definitely needed. Let's see some specific language to respond to.
Caesar CattusThere was a stroke of luck, a twist of fate (actually a bounty payment) and today we have tire change 😎
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseEngadget: Apple doubles its biggest bug bounty reward to $2 million. “It has doubled its top award from $1 million to $2 million for the discovery of ‘exploit chains that can achieve similar goals as sophisticated mercenary spyware attacks’ and which requires no user interaction. But the maximum possible payout can exceed $5 million dollars for the discovery of more critical vulnerabilities, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/13/engadget-apple-doubles-its-biggest-bug-bounty-reward-to-2-million/
🐞💰 Bug bounties: the latest get-rich-slow scheme for those with more keyboard skills than social skills 🙄. Apparently, all you need is four years and a "unique personality" to achieve mediocrity-level success, as proudly demonstrated by Ozgur Alp, our self-appointed guru of vague advice. 🚀💸
https://ozguralp.medium.com/how-to-start-bug-bounties-101-how-to-make-a-million-in-4-years-e15ee62d6f4 #BugBounties #KeyboardSkills #GetRichSlow #UniquePersonality #MediocritySuccess #HackerNews #ngated
https://ozguralp.medium.com/how-to-start-bug-bounties-101-how-to-make-a-million-in-4-years-e15ee62d6f4 #BugBounties #KeyboardSkills #GetRichSlow #UniquePersonality #MediocritySuccess #HackerNews #ngated
The DefendOps Diaries$81M in bug bounties proves it: AI isn’t just creating new vulnerabilities—it’s transforming who's hunting them. Are we ready for an era of autonomous agents and bionic hackers?
#aiincybersecurity
#bugbounties
#aivulnerabilities
#cybersecuritytrends
#autonomousagents
Nicolas Fränkel 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪#EU Commission Reactivates #BugBounties
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#AIslop and fake reports are exhausting #security #bugbounties
The world of #cybersecurity is not immune to this problem. In last year, people across the cybersecurity industry have raised concerns about #AI #slop #bugbounty reports, meaning reports that claim to have found #vulnerabilities that do not actually exist, because they were created with a #largelanguagemodel (#LLM) that simply made up the #vulnerability, and then packaged it into a professional-looking writeup
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/24/ai-slop-and-fake-reports-are-exhausting-some-security-bug-bounties/
The world of #cybersecurity is not immune to this problem. In last year, people across the cybersecurity industry have raised concerns about #AI #slop #bugbounty reports, meaning reports that claim to have found #vulnerabilities that do not actually exist, because they were created with a #largelanguagemodel (#LLM) that simply made up the #vulnerability, and then packaged it into a professional-looking writeup
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/24/ai-slop-and-fake-reports-are-exhausting-some-security-bug-bounties/
AI slop and fake reports are coming for your bug bounty programs | TechCrunch
"We're getting a lot of stuff that looks like gold, but it's actually just crap,” said the founder of one security testing firm. AI-generated security vulnerability reports are already having an effect on bug hunting, for better and worse.