Google Web VRP Rewards 2013

Google Web VRP Rewards 2013 , Bug Bounty Programme Google Web Properties

Google has decided to raise the reward amount it pays to those reporting bugs by five-fold, or up to $5,000.

Google has already paid over $2 million in rewards under its 'bug bounty programme' to users who report vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser and operating system.

Recently, social networking site Facebook also said it paid over $1 million in the last two years to security researchers who report bugs on its website and India was second among recipients by country.

Microsoft has also started a bug bounty programme in June, offering up to $100,000 for reporting exploitation techniques against protections built into the latest version of its Windows operating system. Google had hiked the amount it pays for cross- site scripting vulnerabilities in Google web properties to $7,500 from $3,133.7.

It raised the reward for XSS bugs in highly sensitive services like Gmail and Google Wallet to up to $5,000, while $7,500 will be paid for pointing out significant authentication bypasses/information leaks

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