---
id: 1990
title: "On Bounties and Boffins"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/01/14/on-bounties-and-boffins/"
published_at: "2019-01-14T11:50:53Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "research", "security-economics", "paper-review", "labor-market"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1990"
lang: en
---

# On Bounties and Boffins

## Summary

Paper review of 'Fixing a Hole: The Labor Market for Bugs,' whose data suggests living off bug bounties is a gamble akin to professional poker, with most hunters earning little.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2019-01-14T11:50:53Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/01/14/on-bounties-and-boffins/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1990