Google Inc. is celebrating its sixth month in the Chromium Security Rewards program, and the search engine is increasing its maximum reward to $3, 133.70 for the program’s SecSeverity-Critical bugs. For less serious bugs, the reward remains at $500 with the possibility of an increase for high-level bug reports. “Factors indicating a high-quality bug report might include a careful test case reduction, an accurate analysis of root cause, or productive discussion towards resolution.”
This increase in pay comes days after Mozilla upped its bug bounty reward to $3,000 for Firefox, Thunderbird, and Firefox Mobile.
Mozilla’s revamped Security Bug Bounty program is nothing new; in fact, it has been around since 2004. The program offers a cash reward for each and every legitimate security bug that is submitted. The non-profit foundation behind the Firefox browser is now offering $3,000 for each and every submission.
As GeekSmack reported, the foundation isn’t looking for just any security flaws, however, it is looking for original, replicable flaws that could seriously give leeway to user’s private information. Or as Mozilla puts it, flaws “that allow execution of arbitrary code on users’ systems“.
Either way, if you have the appropriate knowledge, it sounds like a great way to work from home.
When Mozilla submitted their first application for Apple devices on July 30, it seemed as if the Steve Jobs-led corporation would nix any and all applications that would interfere with Safari usage. However, not even a month later, Apple has accepted Firefox Home.
The first and most common misconception is that the free application is a full-fledged Mozilla Firefox browser — it’s not. The application allows you to sync up with your desktop’s Firefox browser and view the tabs, bookmarks, and web history of the browser. While, with the Awesomebar, you can visit other Web pages, it’s not an actual browser and viewing websites is like viewing them in Facebook’s app.
To use and sync your desktop browser with the mobile application, you must download and install Firefox Sync, a free add-on for Firefox. Once installed, just register and a few more clicks and you’ll be ready to go.
Mozilla also made the point to state on Firefox Home’s FAQ that the non-profit organization would not be creating an actual browser for the iPhone, stating that the reason is because of “constraints with the OS environment and distribution.”
