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Know a Chrome Flaw? Google Will Pay You…

Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey in News, Tips

flaw Know a Chrome Flaw? Google Will Pay You... Interested in Chrome security? You might be if there’s some money involved.

The Chromium project from Google, which is the name for the open source group that develops the Chrome browser, is relatively new when compared to other browsers that have been around the block such as IE and Firefox. Because of this Google has decided to offer bounties for those who know of or are able to find vulnerabilities that exist in Chrome browser. This also includes Google released plugins that come with the browser such as Google Gears. Those who wish to report a bug for a reward and want to remain anonymous can do so and still collect their reward.

According to w3schools, Chrome already has about ten percent of the browser market since being released in September 2008. As this grows, there are potential security and privacy flaws that could be exposed, much like the heavily publicized problems that has plagued Internet Explorer over the years. By throwing more eyes onto Chrome and possible bugs it may have, Google will be able to have their browser, as well as future operating system, evolve much more quickly.

Finding a flaw will get you $500. Discovering a security issue that has critical significance will net $1337. I think you might know what that number stands for. But for now, this is only for browser-based flaws. It’s possible that this will be expanded to the OS project in the future, but right now the focus is the browser.

There is a FAQ at the Chromium blog. Plus, the first reward will be posted on the Chrome releases blog.

Happy hunting.