What motivates hackers and what makes them walk away 2026-01-29 at 07:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec Most hackers spend more time learning, testing, and comparing notes than breaking into systems. The work often happens alone or in small groups, shaped by curiosity, persistence, and a habit of examining how systems behave. Bugcrowd examined who these security […]
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New infosec products of the week: December 12, 2025 2025-12-12 at 07:06 By Anamarija Pogorelec Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Apptega, Backslash Security, BigID, Black Kite, Bugcrowd, NinjaOne, Nudge Security, and Veza. Apptega Policy Manager streamlines policy creation and compliance oversight Apptega revealed its Policy
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Bugcrowd unveils AI tools to accelerate triage and strengthen preemptive security 2025-12-11 at 09:35 By Industry News Bugcrowd has launched new platform functionality, Bugcrowd AI Triage Assistant and Bugcrowd AI Analytics, to bring speed and intelligence and insights to the process of building security resilience. Combined with the general availability of AI Connect, these new
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Bugcrowd expands AI-powered, human-led security with Mayhem Security acquisition 2025-11-04 at 15:33 By Industry News Bugcrowd has announced the acquisition of Mayhem Security to advance the next generation of AI-powered, human-in-the-loop security testing. Bugcrowd aims to help organizations ship safer software faster, at lower cost, and with greater confidence, while shrinking their attack surface. The
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Bugcrowd Acquires Application Security Firm Mayhem 2025-11-04 at 15:32 By Eduard Kovacs Bugcrowd said the acquisition of Mayhem has nearly doubled its valuation — previously reported at over $1 billion. The post Bugcrowd Acquires Application Security Firm Mayhem appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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APIs and hardware are under attack, and the numbers don’t look good 2025-09-24 at 08:35 By Sinisa Markovic Attackers have a new favorite playground, and it’s not where many security teams are looking. According to fresh data from Bugcrowd, vulnerabilities in hardware and APIs are climbing fast, even as website flaws hold steady. The shift
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Infosec products of the month: April 2025 2025-05-02 at 07:03 By Sinisa Markovic Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: 1touch.io, Abnormal AI, AppViewX, Arctic Wolf Networks, Bitdefender, BitSight, Bugcrowd, Cato Networks, CyberQP, Cyware, Entrust, Exabeam, Flashpoint, Forescout, Index Engines, Jit, LastPass, PlexTrac, PowerDMARC, RunSafe Security, Saviynt,
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Bugcrowd enables organizations to test their security environments 2025-04-29 at 11:24 By Industry News Bugcrowd’s new service connects customers with a global network of vetted ethical hackers for a variety of red team engagements—fully managed through the Bugcrowd Platform. This release sets a new benchmark in the red team services market, enabling organizations to test
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Cybersecurity in 2025: Global conflict, grown-up AI, and the wisdom of the crowd 2025-01-09 at 06:59 By Help Net Security As we look ahead to cybersecurity developments in 2025, there’s bad news and good—expect to see new challenging attacks and the cybersecurity community increasingly working together to counter threats that are beyond the scope of
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AI is becoming the weapon of choice for cybercriminals 2024-12-20 at 07:03 By Help Net Security AI changes how organizations look at cybersecurity GenAI is compromising security while promising efficiency This article highlights key findings from 2024 reports on AI and GenAI technologies, focusing on their potential and major challenges. Overreliance on GenAI to develop
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Hackers are finding new ways to leverage AI 2024-10-22 at 06:20 By Help Net Security AI adoption and integration has continued its rapid momentum within the hacking community, according to Bugcrowd. Nevertheless, it continues to pose both benefits and unfortunate cyber risks. This year’s report revealed a significant shift in the perceived value of AI
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Inside the minds of CISOs 2024-07-02 at 06:31 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Nick McKenzie, CISO of Bugcrowd, discusses the key findings from their recent report, which comes at a crucial time as security leaders’ roles are being discussed more with the current risk landscape and the increasing need to
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Breaking down the numbers: Cybersecurity funding activity recap 2024-04-26 at 06:45 By Help Net Security Here’s a list of interesting cybersecurity companies that received funding so far in 2024. Aim Security January | $10 million Aim Security raised $10 million in seed funding, led by YL Ventures, with participation from CCL (Cyber Club London), the
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Bugcrowd raises $102 million to boost AI-powered crowdsourced security platform 2024-02-12 at 15:47 By Industry News Bugcrowd has secured $102 million in strategic growth funding to scale its AI-powered crowdsourced security platform offerings globally. Led by General Catalyst, with participation from longtime existing investors Rally Ventures and Costanoa Ventures, this funding round underscores investor confidence
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Crowdsourced security is not just for tech companies anymore 2024-02-02 at 07:01 By Help Net Security There is a misconception that only software and technology companies leverage crowdsourced security. However, data contradicts this belief. Companies across various sectors are increasingly adopting crowdsourced security, as reported by Bugcrowd. The government industry sector saw the fastest growth
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Photos: Black Hat USA 2023 11/08/2023 at 07:47 By Help Net Security Black Hat USA 2023 returned to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. The conference featured over 100 selected Briefings, open-source tool demos in the Arsenal, a Business Hall, networking events, and more. Here’s a photo gallery from the event. The featured
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Appdome and Bugcrowd join forces to create a more secure mobile app economy 10/08/2023 at 17:32 By Industry News Appdome has unveiled that Bugcrowd joined its new Mobile App Defense Project, a community program aimed at improving mobile DevSecOps for everyone. This collaboration aims to create a more secure mobile app economy, raise the bar
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Generative AI outperforms hackers but not their creativity 14/07/2023 at 08:02 By Help Net Security 72% of hackers are confident that AI cannot replace human creativity in security research and vulnerability management, according to Bugcrowd. Generative AI hacking Generative AI was a major theme in the 2023 report, with 55% of respondents saying that it
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