AMD has decided to fight system bugs in a pretty exciting way. The firm is partnering with the cloud security provider Intigriti to start a new "bug hunting program" with a bounty.
Well, AMD Has Declared The Bug Bounty Race, This Time Coming With A Better Rewarding Scheme & Participant Scope
Well, it's surely no hidden fact that with the influx of modern hardware, bugs, and similar issues have seen a widespread rise, and to counter it, AMD has devised a unique scheme that involves public researchers and individuals joining in the campaign and discovers new bugs within the ecosystem, to ensure its steadiness. Moreover, Team Red has also revealed a rewarding mechanism under which those involved in the campaign will be awarded cash prizes, which vary depending upon the severity of the bug discovered and the respective level as well. Here is how "bug hunters" will be awarded:
Well, bug bounties aren't entirely new in the industry since they're a great way for companies to cope with vulnerabilities without investing too much in the detection process. Usually, individuals first dive into the ecosystem to detect a particular bug, and once that's done, they send a report to the organization describing the bug in detail and disclosing its potential impacts. Based on this then, the organization with the bounty scheme awards hunters accordingly, depending upon multiple factors, with one of them being bug severity.
Interestingly, Google's Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP) has been successful in the past in the realm of bug bounty. Under the scheme, Google awarded a total of $31 million to researchers, and through it, multiple bugs in the Android ecosystem were detected and mitigated as well. Mainstream companies like Tesla and Meta are known to have come up with similar schemes since it's a win-win situation for both the researcher and the company.
It would be interesting to see what sort of accomplishments we see under AMD's new bug bounty since Team Red has expanded the scope and now allows public researchers to get involved in the process.
About the author: Muhammad Zuhair is a hardware and technology reporter for Wccftech, specializing in the semiconductor industry and the complex interplay between technology, manufacturing, and geopolitics. His coverage focuses on the corporate strategies and technological roadmaps of industry giants like TSMC, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Intel. Zuhair's expertise lies in deconstructing complex topics such as fabrication nodes (e.g., 2nm process), the economic impact of policies like the CHIPS Act, and the strategic development of AI infrastructure from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel.
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