Google is ready to reward all the people who manage to discover bugs in their system. The prize will be cash and it is substantial: here’s what you need to know.
Unfortunately, we are living in a historical period in which cyber attacks have increased exponentially in recent years. Suffice it to say that they have been classified as the fifth highest risk and have now become routine in the public and private sectors. Hacker attacks continue to grow undeterred and cyber attacks alone are expected to double by 2025.
Precisely because of this huge problem, Google he decided to run to the restart and seek help from ‘ordinary’ people. In those who are good at uncovering system bugs that allow cybercriminals to sneak in and break the system. The American firm revealed in a blog post that it is ready to expand its own rewards program which was already in orbit.
In practice it is a redefinition of the ‘Bug Bounty’, the rewards program aimed at all those who manage to discover one or more vulnerabilities of Google’s open source. Simply put, the program will reward those people who manage to find bugs that could potentially impact the entire open source ecosystem.
Google rewards those who help it: here is the reward for those who find a security bug
The online services offered by the American company are unique. Just think that when Google does not work there is a general panic to make people understand its importance. Precisely for this reason it is essential that the company gives greater security to its customers. Just recently Google decided to reward all the people who can find gods safety issues in its systems.
An award that is also extended to open source projects and is fixed from 100 dollars to more than 30 thousand dollars. The reward depends on the importance of the system. “Depending on the severity of the vulnerability and the importance of the project”, it is read. A choice that came after everyone noticed the increase in hacker attacks within the open source software.
The company in the statement cited that in 2021, attacks on open software increased by 650% compared to the previous year. This initiative will then extend to all open source projects under development, as well as related ones. In the statement it was specified that over the years, the Google Bug bounty program has rewarded over 13 thousand requests for a total of 38 million dollars.
The tech giant said it will accept requests in the following categories: vulnerabilities leading to compromise of the supply chain. Then also design problems that cause product vulnerabilities. And finally, other security issues, including sensitive or leaked credentials, weak passwords, or insecure installations.
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