![]() ![]() ![]() The Department of Defense has launched its own bug bounty program, Hack the Pentagon, to put its own website to the test. Facebook recently paid out $15,000 over a serious bug that left everyone’s profile vulnerable. Google has issued a new warning to all Chrome’s 3.2 billion users worldwide as well as users of other Chromium-based browsers, like Microsoft Edge to expect an increasing number of. ![]() By paying out some generous fees, the companies can encourage hackers to privately disclose bugs rather than exploit them or even sell them on the dark web. The company runs a couple of different bug bounties such as a program for Android that pays up to $8,000 for a critical flaw or its wider security disclosure program for sites and services like, YouTube, and Blogger that pays up to $20,000.īug bounties are a popular way for tech companies to solicit help from the hacker and security communities on dangerous flaws and vulnerabilities that may have gone under the radar. In 2015, it paid out more than $2 million to security researchers that had discovered and disclosed vulnerabilities in various Google services, and more than $6 million since 2010. Google has been pretty open with its bug bounty program over the years. ![]() Google has also added a brand new reward for anyone that can compromise Chrome’s Safe Browsing download protection features. Google rolled out a new update to the Chrome browser in late April after several potentially high-risk security bugs were identified, the company wrote in a blog post. The challenge has so far had no winners but, according to Google, “great research deserves great awards” and it’s hopeful that the hefty reward money will encourage greater research into Chromebook security. This latest $100,000 update applies only to the “persistent compromise” of a Chromebook in guest mode. The Chrome Reward Program, which was launched six years ago, invites hackers to try and compromise the security of Chrome devices and Chrome OS. Google has doubled the top reward in its bug bounty program for Chrome from $50,000 to $100,000 in the hopes of encouraging more white hat hackers to collaborate on patching bugs and vulnerabilities. ![]()
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