The Big List of Bug Bounty Programs (2020 Edition)

Use your programming and hacking skills to get paid for discovering and reporting bugs. Start with these bug bounty programs!

As our technology advances, major companies are now paying hackers to break into their systems. They challenge these ethical hackers to find the vulnerabilities within their software.

This allows them to find the flaws in their systems and fix them. These are called bug bounty programs—where ethical hackers are paid to hack programs.

Let’s take a look at a big list of the best bug bounty programs in 2020.

Intel

The major computer company Intel offers a generous program for hackers. They have targets that range from the company’s software to their firmware.

The pay range for Intel is $500 – $100,000 depending on the type and originality, quality, and content of the report.

Snapchat

Yes, the social media platform Snapchat offers to pay hackers to break into their programming. They encourage and look forward to working with anyone that can break in!

They offer a generous payout with a minimum of $2000 and a maximum of $15,000.

NordVPN

A new program that just launched this year, NordVPN said they have a security plan that will make them more secure than ever before. They are wanted hackers to find bugs dead or alive!

These bounties pay out between $100 – $5000 if you can find issues or critical flaws.

Yahoo

Through Yahoo, you can send in reports of vulnerability and security issues for different companies. They have staff on stand by to review your reports and send them in so you can get payed!

The average bounty for these is around $400 – $500.

Apple

The security team for Apple offers one of the biggest payouts for anyone that hack their systems. They are committed to security and prove it with their huge reward for anyone that can exploit them!

Their massive payout comes in at $1,000,000

Facebook

Another major social media platform, Facebook is also always looking for whitehat hackers. They offer a payout for any of their owned companies as well – Instagram, Atlas, and Whatsapp.

Their payout is a minimum of $500 but they don’t provide a maximum.

Google

Google offers its bug bounty program for not just Google.com but also Youtube, .blogger, and most recently their cloud service platform.

They offer payouts that range between $100 and $31,337.

Microsoft

The software company Microsoft is offering its bug bounty program only for their online services. They are looking only for critical vulnerability issues online.

They have their payouts set ranging from $15,000 to $250,000.

Paypal

The online currencies company Paypal also has its own bug bounty. As of 2020, Paypal has paid out a total of $2,771,683 to ethical hackers for exposing critical issues.

If you want to report a bug report to them, they will pay you anywhere from $50 to $20,000 depending on the issue you have found.

Bug Bounty Programs of 2020

These are the best and newest bug bounty programs for 2020. If you think you have the skills to break into these security systems, check them out and start claiming those bounties. Good luck!

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