It is no secret that many large companies are willing to pay enthusiasts an impressive cash prize for being the signature products of different vulnerabilities.
Supports the initiative of specialists and Google, and periodically the Internet giant: increases the size of the premiums. For example, recently it became known that Google has decided to increase the monetary rewards for finding vulnerabilities enabling remote code execution and open access to databases.
More recently, enthusiasts who found security gaps, which allow to remotely execute arbitrary code, could count on a reward in the amount of $20,000, and now this figure has grown to $31 337. $3 337 increased the size of the reward for finding a vulnerability that provides access to databases. Now Google is ready to pay for such information $13 337.
Representatives of the Internet giant noted the growing community of “seekers” vulnerabilities. According to statistics, most of the various defects in products Google found users from China, the United States and India. The company also noted Germany, France, Russia and Canada.
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