Google pays $75K in bug bounties to fix 159 Chrome flaws
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By Gregg Keize
Computerworld | Oct 8, 2014 3:49 AM PT
Google yesterday released Chrome 38, paying out more than $75,000 in bounties for some of the 159 vulnerabilities patched in the massive security update.
Also, contrary to what Google said in August but in line with its change-of-mind last month, Chrome 38 remained a 32-bit application on OS X, the operating system for Apple's Mac line.
Of the 159 bugs quashed in Chrome 38, 113 -- or 71% -- were "relatively minor fixes," according to Google. Those vulnerabilities had been found using MemorySanitizer, a Google-made tool for sniffing out memory initialization flaws.
Some of the other vulnerabilities were more significant, and produced impressive bounties awarded for their discoverers.
ComputerWorld/ Article/ http://www.computerworld.com/article/2692410/google-pays-75k-in-bug-bounties-to-fix-159-chrome-flaws.html
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Good for them! I think this model of distributed payment is the future of this sort of open source development.
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I couldn't have said it any better myself@ wrote:
Good for them! I think this model of distributed payment is the future of this sort of open source development.
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