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Google’s new program offers security researchers money if they find vulnerabilities in its open-source projects or the libraries those projects depend on.
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Google’s new program offers security researchers money if they find vulnerabilities in its open-source projects or the libraries those projects depend on.
Google is not alone in offering so-called bug bounty programs which give financial incentives to contributors to track down vulnerabilities and security issues in its software. Now the company has launched a new initiative called the Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP).
As part of its new Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP), Google is offering bug bounty payouts of up to $31,337.
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The search engine giant's Vulnerability Rewards Program now covers any Google open source software projects — with a focus on critical software such as Go and Angular.