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Bug Bounty

  • 08-06-2020 5:09pm
    #1
    horgan_p
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,603 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hey ,

    Anyone here have experience of bug bountys ? I'm in the middle of submitting my first one(s) and getting a bit lost.

    Whats to stop a company taking your report, patching the flaw and then saying "we cant reproduce the issue"

    I know the issue existed because I created a video recreating the issue.

    Just wondering whats the normal procedure here, as I say, I'm new at this.


Comments

  • #2
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    With social media and ability to screenshot or record I doubt any company would be stupid enough to try that.

    I’d be more worried that someone has steady submitted the issue and yours will be closed as a duplicate.


  • #3
    horgan_p
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,603 Mod ✭✭✭✭horgan_p


    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    With social media and ability to screenshot or record I doubt any company would be stupid enough to try that.

    I’d be more worried that someone has steady submitted the issue and yours will be closed as a duplicate.

    Do you have experience in this field ?
    If so I've a few more questions


  • #4
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    No, but I work for a software company with open source and non-open source products. We have public JIRA projects and private ones. The lead time from an issue being identified / first reported to a fix being rolled out can be weeks or even months depending on resolution complexity and test cases, so there is a possibility they already are aware of the issue and working on a fix. Rushing out a fix can cause more problems than the original issue.


  • #5
    horgan_p
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,603 Mod ✭✭✭✭horgan_p


    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    With social media and ability to screenshot or record I doubt any company would be stupid enough to try that.

    I’d be more worried that someone has steady submitted the issue and yours will be closed as a duplicate.

    Do you have experience in this field ?
    If so I have a few more questions


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