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  • OpenAI raises top bug bounty payout to $172,000 with bonuses

    OpenAI increased its security bug bounties to encourage independent researchers to find vulnerabilities in its software. The program now offers bonuses for high-quality reports. The program encourages researchers to disclose vulnerabilities responsibly and complements OpenAI’s Defense Factory, where engineers use the company’s models to find and reproduce vulnerabilities and test fixes. New bounty payouts and bonuses The midpoints of the reward ranges for medium, high, and critical findings more than quadrupled on average. Critical vulnerabilities … More →

    Source: Help Net Security · 2026-11-03

  • What human hackers still do better than AI, according to HackerOne’s CEO

    AI can find vulnerabilities in minutes, but people still hold the edge in judging what a flaw means for a business. In this Help Net Security interview, Kara Sprague, CEO of HackerOne, talks about business logic bugs, what AI does to the crowd model, and why routine medium-severity findings may pay less. She also covers the growing pile of AI-assisted submissions, how programs sort useful reports from spam, and which parts of a researcher’s work … More →

    Source: Help Net Security · 2026-11-03