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Feb 5, 2026 1 hr 18 min

Adversarial Podcast S4E12 – Curl shuts down bug bounty program, most expensive security control that gave zero security

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The end of the curl bug bounty program. Curl’s creator Daniel Stenberg announced the shutdown of the project’s bug-bounty program because overwhelming volumes of low-quality and AI-generated reports, coupled with bad-faith security submissions, impose excessive mental and time costs while providing little real improvement to the software. Changing Federal Reserve Regulations. The memo directs Federal Reserve supervisory staff to shift toward a more risk-focused, judgment-driven, and proportionate supervisory model that prioritizes material financial risks, relies more on other regulators’ and firms’ internal audit work, reduces procedural and duplicative oversight, and sharpens the clarity and impact of supervisory findings and enforcement. Reddit: "What is the most expensive security control you added that gave zero security." An online discussion thread about security controls. Hosts: Jerry Perullo (Founder, https://adversarial.com/) Sounil Yu (Founder, https://www.knostic.ai/) Mario Duarte (Founder, stealth startup) Producer: Tillson Galloway (Founder, http://githoundexplore.com/)

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