Google pays $14,000 in ‘bug bounties’
p2pnet view P2P | Advertising:- Chrome, the browser owned by giant online advertising company Google, isn’t only a kind of data honey trap, it also has lots of security holes.
The latest version had 13 “high” threats and one “critical” threat.
And that earned researcher Sergey Glazunov more than $7,000, says Threat Post.
“”Google has released version 8.0.552.237 of its Chrome browser, which includes fixes for 16 security vulnerabilities”, it says.
“The company also paid out more than $14,000 in bug bounties for the flaws fixed in this release, including the first maximum reward of $3133″
And seven cents.
“The company announced last February that it would begin paying researchers for bugs in Chromium that are reported directly to Google”, says the story, adding:
“At the time, the base reward was $500 and the top payment was $1337, and the program only applied to flaws found in Chromium or Chrome. The company has expanded the program since then to apply to its Web properties and also has upped the top payment for vulnerabilities to $3133.”
And seven cents.
“Critical bugs are harder to come by in Chrome, but Sergey has done it”, says Google.
Threat Post – Google Release Chrome 8.0.552, Pays $14,000 in Bug Bounties, January 13, 2011
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