Google unifies bug bounty programs in new platform

Google is introducing a new platform on which it unites all of its bug bounty programs called Bug Hunters. With this initiative, the search giant wants to stimulate the search for bugs and vulnerabilities and make its services more secure.

google bug hunters includes the Google, Android, Abuse, Chrome, and Google Play bug bounty programs. With the new platform it has to be according to Google become easier to report vulnerabilities and bugs to the company.

The search giant is making improvements that make it more attractive to search for bugs and then report them to Google. The publishing of the bugs will also be improved. There will also be national leaderboards, awards and badges on Google Bug Hunters to make the process more fun and ‘healthy competitive’. Users are through the new Bug Hunter University also urged to learn about bugs and then get better.

Google reports on its blog page that it introduced its first bug bounty program for Chromium ten years ago. Since then, it has fixed 11 055 bugs through reports and 2 022 researchers have been thanked. Over 10 years, more than $29 million has been paid out.