Encrypted messaging startup Wickr offers $100K bug bounty

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/011514-encrypted-messaging-startup-wickr-offers-277752.html

By Jeremy Kirk
IDG News Service
January 15, 2014

Two-year-old startup Wickr is offering a reward of up to US$100,000 to 
anyone who can find a serious vulnerability in its mobile encrypted 
messaging application, which is designed to thwart spying by hackers and 
governments.

The reward puts the small company in the same league as Google, Facebook 
and Microsoft, all of which offer substantial payouts to security 
researchers for finding dangerous bugs that could compromise their users' 
data.

Wickr has already closely vetted its application so the challenge could be 
tough. Veracode, an application security testing company, and Stroz 
Friedberg, a computer forensics firm, have reviewed the software, in 
addition to independent security researchers.

In a statement, Wickr said "we expect finding critical vulnerabilities in 
Wickr to be difficult and are honored to work with those that do."

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