Google boosts top bug bounties payments 50 percent

Google is increasing the bounties it pays independent researchers for finding the most serious kinds of security flaws and vulnerabilities in its software, a company executive said in a blog post from a Indian security conference. “Because high severity vulnerabilities have become harder to identify over the years, researchers have needed more time to find […]

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Google publishes remote code vulnerability in Microsoft browsers

Google’s Project Zero published an unpatched and very severe vulnerability in the Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer version 11 browsers Monday, after a 90-day deadline expired without a fix from Microsoft’s engineers. The publication, which means hackers will be able to write exploits for the affected software, appears to be the latest result of Microsoft’s shocking and still mysterious decision […]

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