The contract is geared toward companies that can conduct crowdsourced events and competitions for vetted security researchers, to help bolster DHS’ cyber resilience.

Past Hack fellows told Crain’s that the training element of the program was among the most fruitful. Tilon Bobb, for example, was a member of the 2023 Hack New York cohort.

During the second phase of this three-phase program, vetted cybersecurity researchers and ethical hackers will participate in a live, in-person hacking event.

On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced 450 researchers working in its first-ever “Hack the DHS” bug bounty program identified at least 122 vulnerabilities, 27 of which were ...

AI hacking era arrives as Russian spies deploy autonomous malware while cybercriminals use AI chatbots to automate unprecedented $500K extortion campaigns.

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Uber’s information security chief, John Flynn, defended the company’s practice of paying hackers to find security flaws as he faced lawmakers over a data breach in 2016 where hackers stole the ...