Security News > 2017 > March > Google, Microsoft increase bug bounties (Help Net Security)
2017-03-06 16:40
Bug hunters, rejoice: both Google and Microsoft have announced a considerable increase of the amount they will pay out for information about bugs in their products. Google ups bug bounties for most severe bugs Google has upped the rewards for “Remote Code Execution” and “Unrestricted file system or database access” to $31,337 (from $20,000) and $13,337 (from $10,000), respectively. The “Remote Code Execution” category includes command injection flaws, deserialization bugs, sandbox escapes, and more, while … More →
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