Bugcrowd released its 2018 State of the Bug Bounty report on June 6, revealing key trends in the evolving market for bug bounties.
Among the high level finding in the report is that organizations are now paying more of vulnerabilities than they have in prior years. Across Bugcrowd’s platform the average bug bounty is now $781, which is a 73 percent increase over the company’s 2017 report.
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