Google Launches New Incentive Program for Bug Hunters

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http://www.eweek.com/security/google-launches-new-incentive-program-for-bug-hunters.html

By Jaikumar Vijayan
eWEEK.com
2015-02-02

Google will offer up-front grants of up to $3,133.70 to selected 
vulnerability researchers who will receive rewards regardless of whether 
they find a bug.

Buoyed by the success of its existing bug-bounty program, Google has 
launched an initiative to reward researchers interested in finding 
security vulnerabilities in its products.

Google's new Vulnerability Research Grants initiative will offer up-front 
cash awards of up to $ 3,133.70 to researchers interested in taking a 
crack at specific Google products and services.  Unlike the company's 
current bug-bounty program, the new initiative will reward vulnerability 
researchers regardless of whether they find a bug or not.

At the same time, researchers who do actually find a bug under the grants 
program will remain eligible for a bounty under Google's current Security 
Rewards Program as well.

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