Decipher Editor in Chief Dennis Fisher joins the podcast to discuss a series he recently published on the history and evolution of bug bounties. In the series, Dennis talks to the hackers and researchers who took an idea and turned it into one of information security's most well-known and lucrative industries.
In this episode, Fisher covers the early days of bug bounties, the No More Free Bugs movement, the legal landmines researchers faced doing vulnerability research—essentially for free—the gray markets for bugs and exploits, and how pioneers such as Katie Moussouris worked tirelessly to make bug bounty programs a reality not only at Microsoft, but also within the Pentagon.
Read the three-part series at Decipher:
"Lawyers, Bugs, and Money: When Bug Bounties Went Boom, Part 1"
"Uprising in the Valley: When Bug Bounties Went Boom, Part 2"
"Drive it Like You Stole It: When Bug Bounties Went Boom, Part 3"