In this week’s episode (#112): top bug hunters can earn more than $1 million a year from “bounties” paid for information on exploitable software holes in common platforms and applications. What does it take to be among the best? We talk with Jason Haddix of the firm Bug Crowd to find out. Also: The Internet Society’s Jeff Wilbur talks about the new #GetIoTSmart campaign to educate device makers and the public about Internet of Things security.  Will Hunt Bugs for Cash As recently as 15 or 20 years ago, security researchers who discovered and reported vulnerabilities in common software like Windows did it mostly for kicks, status within their community or maybe as a high minded gesture of public service. Today, the best bug hunters can make a million dollars a year or more from their discoveries. What has changed? For one thing: bug bounty programs, which started more than a […]

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