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Jan 31, 2010 by News Gatherer
The errors are classified as "high " or "critical " in Chrome 's classification system of preference, he said, but others may be considered. New vulnerabilities in chrome, chrome – the open source project that Google Chrome uses to develop – and plug-ins that come with Chrome, Google Gears may be eligible for prizes, "said Evans.
"Internet Explorer, Safari, the browser Firefox.those gone, " said Pedram Amini, head of the research team 3Com Security 's in Austin, Texas-based TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative Operating (ZDI), one of the most popular error-prime programs. "However, chromium, chromium and operating now, researchers need. Google is asking people to put their eyes on the target. ".
The program pays for the mistakes of Mozilla in the code used to create Firefox, Thunderbird and other open source applications. Both Amini and Google 's Evans cited Mozilla ' s similar program as the first major manufacturer sponsored Bounty. Mozilla has released a $ 500 reward for the vulnerability in August 2004, which is still running.
TippingPoint 's ZDI and get paid for "a large number of errors in the browser " Amini, admitted, "but Don ' t see Google as a competitor. We focus especially on the Internet Explorer and Firefox, why what l 'where the market share, and to some extent, Safari, for c ' is the default browser for Mac OS and a vulnerability does not interest us, in general, including the iPhone. ".
For example, again sponsor TippingPoint "Pwn2Own " hacking contest at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, British Columbia in late March, but has not decided whether to include piracy Chrome browser competition, like last year. "But Chrome is a gray area for us now, " said Amini.
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