Category: Mix

WordPress Auto-update
15
May
2023

The danger of disabling automatic updates on WordPress

As soon as WordPress launch a new version they publish a changelog on their website where you can find what…

U.S. Department of Defense VDP Wins Prestigious 2019 DoD Chief Information Officer Award
15
May
2023

Design the next HackerOne T-Shirt

What’s your favorite T-shirt? Maybe one from that conference you went to 5 years ago, a sleek threadless tee, or…

CDNs - Minimize damages if the CDN is hacked
15
May
2023

CDNs – Minimize damages if the CDN is hacked

Many are most likely already familiar with CDNs, Content Delivery Networks, but in short, a CDN is a service where…

Security by the People: Announcing HackerOne’s FedRAMP Authorization
15
May
2023

Introducing Hacker Task Manager and Statistics

Continuous improvement is at our heart, and the Hacker Dashboard is an excellent example of how we’ve been iterating based…

[Alert] Critical authentication bypass + privilege escalation exploit in Joomla
15
May
2023

[Alert] Critical authentication bypass + privilege escalation exploit in Joomla

A critical authentication bypass and privilege escalation exploit has been discovered by Melvin Lammerts. The exploit affects all Joomla versions from 3.4.4…

ai-influence-level-ail-miessler-1.0
15
May
2023

AI Influence Level (AIL) v1.0

A system for rating how much AI was involved in the creation of a piece of art Created/Updated: May 15,…

Live Hacking Events | 2019 Recap and the Road Ahead
15
May
2023

Program Insights from the PayPal Security Team

PayPal’s digital payments platform gives 267 million active account holders in more than 200 markets around the world the confidence…

Chrome extensions still track user data
15
May
2023

Chrome extensions still track user data

It will soon be a year since we published our article exposing how Chrome extensions track their users. The research…

miessler-aail-artistic-influence-ai
15
May
2023

Artistic AI Influence Level (AAIL) v1.0

A system for rating how much AI was involved in the creation of a piece of art Created/Updated: May 15,…

Q&A with HackerOne’s VP of Customer Success Jeff McBride
15
May
2023

Q&A with HackerOne’s VP of Customer Success Jeff McBride

“As cliche as it sounds, customer success is everyone’s job. Everyone’s,” said Jeff McBride when we asked him about his…

Detectify launches a crowd-based security program to ensure an always updated service
15
May
2023

Detectify launches a crowd-based security program to ensure an always updated service

We have strengthened our security team with a crowdsourced bug bounty program (currently in beta phase). The initiative, known as…

Slack Increases Bounty Minimums For the Next 90 Days
15
May
2023

@try_to_hack First Hacker to Earn a Million

19-year-old Argentinian @try_to_hack just made history as the first to earn over $1,000,000 in bounty awards on HackerOne. Since joining…