Kicking off Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Researcher spotlights and additional incentives!

Cybersecurity Awareness Month serves as a global initiative emphasizing digital protection, and GitHub is actively participating by enhancing its Bug Bounty Program to underline its commitment to data security. During October, GitHub is offering additional incentives, such as a 20% bonus for new researchers and a 10% bonus for returning ones based on their highest severity valid submission, although the bonuses apply to only one submission per researcher. There's also a 5% bonus for submissions that include functional Nuclei templates, which aid in reproducing reports and verifying fixes. GitHub highlights talented security researchers through interviews that explore their methodologies and interests, contributing to a collaborative effort to enhance security for their platform and the wider developer community.