- Jan 8, 2011
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Avira Blog Update: Bounty time for bugs at Avira - Avira Blog
Successful bug hunters can earn up to $2,500 for uncovering issues in Avira Free Antivirus and Avira Launcher Windows from the PC client side of the application. Notices about the expanded bug season have been posted in Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
The planned transition to an open playing field comes two-thirds of the way through Avira’s first bug hunting season. Previously, it was set up as a private bounty program open only to invited hackers. The program set to run for at least four more weeks. To participate, want-to-be bug hunters have to first register with Bugcrowd – then it is happy hunting.
“We’ve already paid out around $8,000 to researchers who use Bugcrowd and we are ready to pay out more,” said Patrick Lichtner, head of global technical support at Avira. “Typically, these guys are ethically active hackers that are trying to fix – not exploit – the issues they discover.”
Successful bug hunters can earn up to $2,500 for uncovering issues in Avira Free Antivirus and Avira Launcher Windows from the PC client side of the application. Notices about the expanded bug season have been posted in Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
The planned transition to an open playing field comes two-thirds of the way through Avira’s first bug hunting season. Previously, it was set up as a private bounty program open only to invited hackers. The program set to run for at least four more weeks. To participate, want-to-be bug hunters have to first register with Bugcrowd – then it is happy hunting.
“We’ve already paid out around $8,000 to researchers who use Bugcrowd and we are ready to pay out more,” said Patrick Lichtner, head of global technical support at Avira. “Typically, these guys are ethically active hackers that are trying to fix – not exploit – the issues they discover.”
For more details, Avira’s bug bounty program | Powered by Bugcrowd
