Google boosts bounties for Chromium bug-hunters

Google is upping the rewards it offers to bug hunters on its Chromium Vulnerability Rewards program to $5000 for those previously rated at $1000, the firm has announced. Nearly three years after it started handing out money to researchers on this program, Google has gradually increased the sums it offers for those wanting to make it on to its "Hall of Fame" list. Judging from the list, a small elite of researchers is already making a tidy living from the rewards. As for the higher sums, "In many...