Ethical hackers uncovered more than 150 vulnerabilities, netting more than $151,000 in awards during the two-week cyber challenge.

The Hack the Marine Corps program launched Aug. 12 with a live hacking event in Las Vegas.

Apple announced to a crowded auditorium at the Las Vegas-based Black Hat security conference that it is planning to launch a new bug bounty program, which will offer cash to security researchers who find and reveal undisclosed vulnerabilities in Apple's software and hardware products to the company.