Pornhub Launches Bug Bounty Program; Offering Reward up to $25,000

With the growing number of cyber attacks and data breaches, a significant number of companies and organizations have started Bug Bounty Programs to encourage hackers and security researchers to find and responsibly report bugs in their services and get a reward.

Now, even pornography sites are starting to embrace bug bounty practices in order to safeguard its user's security.

How to Make $100,000? Just Hack Google Chromebook

Yes, you could earn $100,000 if you have the hacking skills and love to play with electronics and gadgets.



Google has doubled its top bug bounty for hackers who can crack its Chromebook or Chromebox machine over the Web.



So if you want to get a big fat check from Google, you must have the ability to hack a Chromebook remotely, that means your exploit must be delivered via a Web page.

Ever Wondered How Facebook Decides — How much Bounty Should be Paid?

Facebook pays Millions of dollars every year to researchers and white hat hackers from all around the world to stamp out security holes in its products and infrastructure under its Bug Bounty Program.

Facebook recognizes and rewards bug hunters to encourage more people to help the company keep Facebook users safe and secure from outside entities, malicious hackers or others.

Recently, the

Hacker Reveals How to Hack Any Facebook Account

Hacking Facebook account is one of the major queries of the Internet user today. It's hard to find — how to hack Facebook account, but an Indian hacker just did it.




A security researcher discovered a 'simple vulnerability' in the social network that allowed him to easily hack into any Facebook account, view message conversations, post anything, view payment card details and do whatever

Hack the Pentagon — US Government Challenges Hackers to Break its Security

Update: 'Hack The Pentagon' has opened registration for its pilot bug bounty program of $150,000 for hackers in return for the vulnerabilities they find in its public facing websites.



The Defense Department has enlisted the bug bounty startup HackerOne to manage the pilot program.



Interested hackers can Register Now to participate in the Bug Bounty program.



The United States

Tor Project to Start Bug Bounty Program — Get Paid for HACKING!

The non-profit organization behind TOR – the largest online anonymity network that allows people to hide their real identity online – will soon be launching a "Bug Bounty Program" for researchers who find loopholes in Tor apps.



The bounty program was announced during the recurring 'State of the Onion' talk by Tor Project at Chaos Communication Congress held in Hamburg, Germany.



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Shocking! Instagram HACKED! Researcher hacked into Instagram Server and Admin Panel

Ever wonder how to hack Instagram or how to hack a facebook account? Well, someone just did it!

But, remember, even responsibly reporting a security vulnerability could end up in taking legal actions against you.



An independent security researcher claims he was threatened by Facebook after he responsibly revealed a series of security vulnerabilities and configuration flaws that allowed

Mark Zuckerberg Just Quits his Job at Facebook — Check Yourself!

Yes, you heard it right.



Mark Zuckerberg has left his job at Facebook. Don’t believe me? I can prove it to you.


— Check this Facebook Post by yourself —




This is weird, Isn’t it?



But, don’t be surprised or shocked, because what you just saw was only an illusion.



This is actually a minor bug in the popular social media website that allows anyone to manipulate the

Hackers WIN $1 Million Bounty for Remotely Hacking latest iOS 9 iPhone

Well, here's some terrible news for all Apple iOS users…



Someone just found an iOS zero-day vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely hack your iPhone running the latest version of iOS, i.e. iOS 9.



Yes, an unknown group of hackers has sold a zero-day vulnerability to Zerodium, a startup by French-based company Vupen that Buys and Sells zero-day exploits.



And Guess what,

THN Weekly RoundUp – 12 Hacking Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week

Here we are with our weekly roundup, showcasing last week's top cyber security threats and challenges.



Just in case you missed any of them (ICYMI), THN Weekly Round-Up helps you provide all important stories of last week in one shot.



We advise you to read the full story (just click ‘Read More’ because there's some valuable advice in it as well).



Here's the list:



1. Facebook to

Google rewarded the Guy who Accidentally bought Google.com, But he Donated it to Charity

Sanmay Ved – the man who actually managed to buy Google.com got a huge reward from Google, but he donated all money to charity.



Last week, an ex-Google employee and now-Amazon employee managed to buy the world's most-visited domain Google.com via Google's own Domains service for only $12.



However, Ved owned Google.com for one whole minute before the Mountain View company realized it was

Warning! How Hackers Could Hijack Your Facebook Fan Page With This Trick

Facebook bounty hunter Laxman Muthiyah from India has recently discovered his third bug of this year in the widely popular social network website that just made a new record by touching 1 Billion users in a single day.



At the beginning of the year, Laxman discovered a serious flaw in Facebook graphs that allowed him to view or probably delete others photo album on Facebook, even without

United Airlines Hacked by Sophisticated Hacking Group

A group of China-backed hackers believed to be responsible for high-profile data breaches, including the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the insurance giant Anthem, has now hit another high-profile target – United Airlines.



United detected a cyber attack into its computer systems in May or early June; Bloomberg reported, citing some unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

Critical Persistent Injection Vulnerability in Apple App Store and iTunes

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the official Apple’s App Store and iTunes Store, affecting millions of Apple users.



Vulnerability-Lab Founder and security researcher Benjamin Kunz Mejri discovered an Application-Side input validation web vulnerability that actually resides in the Apple App Store invoice module and is remotely exploitable by both sender as well as the

Hacker Earns 1.25 Million Free Frequent Flyer Miles On United Airlines

What if you get 1 Million Frequent Flyer Miles for Free? Yes, 1 Million Air Miles…



…I think that would be enough for several first-class trips to Europe or up to 20 round-trips in the United States.



Two Computer Hackers have earned more than 1 Million frequent-flyer miles each from United Airlines for finding multiple security vulnerabilities in the Airline's website.



Back in May

Win Free Air Miles for Finding Security Flaws in United Airlines

If you are a security researcher and fond of traveling from one conference to another, then United Airlines' bug bounty program would be of great interest for you.



United Airlines has launched a new bug bounty program inviting security researchers and bug hunters to report vulnerabilities in its websites, apps and web portals.



Bug bounty programs are very common among technology firms,

Earn up to $15,000 for Hacking Microsoft Spartan Browser

If you’re a bug hunter and love playing with codes than you could grab as much as US$15,000 from Microsoft for finding out vulnerabilities in its latest Project Spartan browser.



Yes, $15,000!



It seems like Redmond don’t want to take a chance to let hackers and cyber criminals get their hands on the company’s latest Windows 10 operating system.



On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that

Hacking YouTube To Get Spoofed Comments on Videos

A security researcher has discovered a critical vulnerability in Google-owned YouTube that could allow anyone to make the comment posted by any celebrity or public figure on some YouTube video appear on his or her own YouTube video, impersonating that celeb.



Just a few weeks ago we reported about a simple logical vulnerability in YouTube that could have been exploited by anyone to delete

How Hackers Could Delete Any YouTube Video With Just One Click

A security researcher has discovered a simple but critical vulnerability in Google-owned YouTube that could be exploited by anyone to knock down the whole business of the popular video sharing website.
Kamil Hismatullin, a Russian security bod, found a simple logical vulnerability that allowed him to delete any video from YouTube in one shot.
While looking for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) or

Yahoo! pays $24,000 to Hacker for finding Security Vulnerabilities

Yahoo! has offered $24,000 to a security researcher for finding out and reporting three critical security vulnerabilities in its products including Yahoo! Stores and Yahoo!-hosted websites.



While testing all the company's application, Mark Litchfield, a bug bounty hunter who often works with different companies, discovered three critical vulnerabilities in Yahoo!'s products. All the three