GitHub is changing its bug bounty program to reward higher-quality vulnerability reports and reduce low-effort submissions, including AI-generated reports. The changes will take effect on July 27, 2026. Reports submitted before that date will be honored under the previous bounty structure. “Alongside the growth in legitimate reports, we’ve seen a sharp increase in submissions that don’t demonstrate real security impact. These include reports without a proof of concept, theoretical attack scenarios that don’t hold up … More →
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google gives developers an AI bug hunter that also writes patches | 0 | 7.88 | 24-07-2026 |
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| 5 | Microsoft pays out record $20 million in bug bounty awards | 0 | 14.49 | 04-08-2026 |
| 6 | AI-assisted security tools are finding more bugs, but the threat level has not changed | 0 | 9.97 | 28-07-2026 |
| 7 | Microsoft pays security researchers $20M following AI-backed surge in bug reports | 0 | 14.69 | 04-08-2026 |
| 8 | PyPI hardens package security with new upload restrictions | 0 | 9.58 | 23-07-2026 |
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