23 min

Ethical Hacking & Bug Bounty Hunting - Jessica Howarth, PortSwigger Cybersecurity Sessions

    • Technology

Cyber-criminals are relentless, and the number of attacks is growing. Businesses are increasingly turning to ethical hackers to find bugs and exploits before attackers do, offering financial incentives for their efforts.

As a security researcher, our host Cyril Noel-Tagoe is always on the hunt for new vulnerabilities. He’s joined for this episode by ethical hacking enthusiast and Daily Swig reporter Jessica Haworth, who has a finger firmly on the pulse of the latest bug bounty programs and developments.

Jessica Haworth, Cybersecurity Reporter at The Daily Swig
Jessica Haworth focuses on technical research papers, bug bounty news, and hacker community stories. Her interest also includes writing about new exploits and covering the ethical side of hacking. Jessica has over 10 years’ experience working in journalism. Before she covered cybersecurity she was at the Mirror and Daily Star on Sunday where she covered breaking news, crime and foreign correspondence.

Key points

Ethical vs non-ethical hacking: Why join the good guys?
The benefits for businesses enlisting bug bounty hunters to hack them
Mitigating the risks when inviting bug bounty hunters to hack your site
How to get into ethical hacking and where to find the best bug bounty programs

The Cybersecurity Sessions podcast is presented by Netacea - The world's first fully agentless bot management solution.


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/netacea/message

Cyber-criminals are relentless, and the number of attacks is growing. Businesses are increasingly turning to ethical hackers to find bugs and exploits before attackers do, offering financial incentives for their efforts.

As a security researcher, our host Cyril Noel-Tagoe is always on the hunt for new vulnerabilities. He’s joined for this episode by ethical hacking enthusiast and Daily Swig reporter Jessica Haworth, who has a finger firmly on the pulse of the latest bug bounty programs and developments.

Jessica Haworth, Cybersecurity Reporter at The Daily Swig
Jessica Haworth focuses on technical research papers, bug bounty news, and hacker community stories. Her interest also includes writing about new exploits and covering the ethical side of hacking. Jessica has over 10 years’ experience working in journalism. Before she covered cybersecurity she was at the Mirror and Daily Star on Sunday where she covered breaking news, crime and foreign correspondence.

Key points

Ethical vs non-ethical hacking: Why join the good guys?
The benefits for businesses enlisting bug bounty hunters to hack them
Mitigating the risks when inviting bug bounty hunters to hack your site
How to get into ethical hacking and where to find the best bug bounty programs

The Cybersecurity Sessions podcast is presented by Netacea - The world's first fully agentless bot management solution.


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/netacea/message

23 min

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