ForAllSecure Launches $2 Million Mayhem Heroes Program to Make Open Source More Secure

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Apr 06, 2022, 09:30 ET

Company Announces VIP Early Access Program for Mayhem Free, Arming Developers with Tools to Catch Exploitable Bugs in Open Source Code

PITTSBURGH, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ForAllSecure, a leader in modern application security testing, today announced that it is investing $2 million to make open source software (OSS) more secure. The company also announced that it will offer a free version of its flagship product Mayhem. The winner of the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge and featured in a Smithsonian Institution AI exhibit, Mayhem will now be free to anyone integrating the product to any project on GitHub.

Open source software is mission critical, but its security is severely under-tested. The Linux Foundation reports that OSS developers want help with free security audits and the addition of security to their continuous integration pipeline. ForAllSecure is offering up to $2 million to meet these needs with its Mayhem Heroes program. Anyone who integrates Mayhem into a qualified OSS GitHub project will receive $1,000.

"We're on a mission to automatically find and fix the world's exploitable bugs before attackers can succeed. OSS developers need help, and don't have access to the tools they need to quickly and easily find vulnerabilities," said David Brumley, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of ForAllSecure. "Our Mayhem Heroes program democratizes software security testing, will make tens of thousands of OSS projects safer, and ultimately impact the security of systems used by everyone around the world."

Both versions of the Mayhem security products, Mayhem for Code and Mayhem for API, are now available for free for personal use. Mayhem focuses on developer productivity by eliminating false positives found in other security testing solutions, improves testing for reliability, and prevents security regressions. Mayhem's patented algorithms were pioneered at Carnegie Mellon University, and deemed revolutionary by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in the Cyber Grand Challenge.

Information about enrolling in freemium or applying for the Mayhem Heroes program can be found at the Mayhem Free website

Additional resources:

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Enroll in a free application security course
Listen to The Hacker Mind podcast
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About ForAllSecure
ForAllSecure was founded with the mission to automatically test and protect the world's software. Its technology comes from two decades of research and experience in automatically exploiting applications and uses patented technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University. DARPA declared ForAllSecure the winner in the Cyber Grand Challenge, the U.S. Smithsonian showcased their technology, and MIT Technology Review named ForAllSecure in the 50 Smartest Companies. Fortune 1000 companies in aerospace, automotive, and high-tech, along with every U.S. military service, use ForAllSecure's Mayhem to check their applications. To learn more, visit www.forallsecure.com

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