Question: Recently launched New Bug Bounty Platform is associated with which of the following?
a) Google
b) Facebook
c) WhatsApp
d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:
- On 27 July 2021; Google launched a new bug bounty platform to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of its Vulnerability Rewards Programme.
- The new site is called bughunters.google.com.
- It allows bug hunters to submit issues with a single intake form for vulnerabilities related to Google, Android, Chrome, and Play Store.
- It has been informed by the Google that the platform will conduct competition, run country-wise leaderboards and enable chances of winning awards for certain bugs.
- Bug Hunters can also learn from content available in Google’s new Bug Hunter University, the company added.
- The tech giant said people can also earn rewards by submitting patches for open source, and sending research papers on security of open source software.
- Google said that when they launched very first VRP, they had no idea how many valid vulnerabilities – if any – would be submitted on the first day.
- According to Google Technical Programme Manager Jan Keller of VRP Everyone on the team put in their estimate, with predictions ranging from zero to 20.