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The Unconventional Innovator Scholarship

Trail of Bits founder Dan Guido establishes a $2,500 scholarship at his alma mater, Mineola High School, to recognize students who demonstrate the hacker spirit through self-driven learning, creative problem-solving, and unconventional technological exploration. The scholarship celebrates tomorrow’s security innovators who push boundaries and think differently about technology.

Summer interns 2023 recap

Trail of Bits
This past summer at Trail of Bits was a season of inspiration, innovation, and growth thanks to the incredible contributions of our talented interns, who took on a diverse range of technical projects under the mentorship of Trail of Bits engineers. We’d like to delve into their accomplishments, from enhancing the efficiency of fuzzing tools […]

The road to the apprenticeship

Finding talent is hard, especially in the blockchain security industry. The space is new, so you won’t find engineers with decades of experience with smart contracts. Training is difficult, as the technology evolves constantly, and online content quickly becomes outdated. There are also a lot of misconceptions about blockchain […]

The Trail of Bits Hiring Process

Trail of Bits
When engineers apply to Trail of Bits, they’re often surprised by how straightforward and streamlined our hiring process is. After years of experience, we’ve cut the process to its bedrock, so that it’s candidate focused, quick, and effective. Here’s a short video showing some of our European colleagues discussing some cool things they’re working on […]

Announcing the new Trail of Bits podcast

Trail of Bits
Trail of Bits has launched a podcast. The first five-episode season is now available for download. The podcast and its RSS feed are available at trailofbits.audio, and you may subscribe on all major podcast outlets, including Apple iTunes, Spotify, Gaana, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and many others. Listening to our podcast is like having a […]

How to choose an interesting project

Trent Brunson
Trent Brunson, Head of Research & Engineering Originally published on October 15, 2021 Come join our team today! Trail of Bits is hiring full-time Senior Software Engineers and Software Security Research Engineers. Over the last nine years, I’ve interviewed hundreds of applicants for research and engineering positions. One of my favorite icebreakers is, What […]

Our team is growing

We’ve added five more to our ranks in the last two months, bringing our total size to 32 employees. Their resumes feature words and acronyms like ‘CTO,’ ‘Co-founder’ and ‘Editor.’ You might recognize their names from publications and presentations that advance the field. We’re excited to offer them a place where they can dig deeper […]

Why we give so much to CSAW

In just a couple of weeks, tens of thousands of students and professionals from all over the world will tune in to cheer on their favorite teams in six competitions. If you’ve been following our blog for some time, you’ll know just what we’re referring to: Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW), the nation’s largest student-run […]

Summer @ Trail of Bits

Loren Maggiore
This summer I’ve had the incredible opportunity to work with Trail of Bits as a high school intern. In return, I am obligated to write a blog post about this internship. So without further ado, here it is. Starting with Fuzzing The summer kicked off with fuzzing, a technique I had heard of but had […]