Bugcrowd sees 30 percent increase in web vulnerability submissions

Crowdsourced security platform Bugcrowd’s latest Vulnerability Trends Report finds that the hacker community recorded a 30 percent increase in web vulnerability submissions on the platform compared to 2022. In addition it has recorded an 18 percent increase in API submissions, a 21 percent increase in Android submissions, and a 17 percent increase in iOS submissions. The government sector experienced the fastest growth for crowdsourced security last year, witnessing a 151 percent increase in vulnerability submissions and a 58 percent increase in Priority 1 (P1) rewards for finding critical vulnerabilities. The financial services industry and government sector offered the highest median… [Continue Reading]