Google Rewarding for Exposing Security Bugs in Chrome & Chromium

Google announced a program to detect security flaws in Google Chrome. The same goes for Chromium, the open source version of that browser.

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Any bug filed through the Chromium bug tracker (under the template "Security Bug") will qualify for consideration. As this is an experimental program, here are some guidelines in the form of questions and answers:

Q) What reward might I get?

A) As per Mozilla, our base reward for eligible bugs is $500. If the panel finds a particular bug particularly severe or particularly clever, we envisage rewards of $1337. The panel may also decide a single report actually constitutes multiple bugs. As a consumer of the Chromium open source project, Google will be sponsoring the rewards.

Q) What bugs are eligible?

A) Any security bug may be considered. We will typically focus on High and Critical impact bugs, but any clever vulnerability at any severity might get a reward. Obviously, your bug won’t be eligible if you worked on the code or review in the area in question.

Continue Reading at blog.chromium.org/../encouraging-more-chromium-security.

Happy Bug hunting everyone…

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