Google Offers Financial Support to Open Source Projects for Cybersecurity

guest · Dec 18, 2019

Google Offers Financial Support to Open Source Projects for Cybersecurity
December 18, 2019
https://thehackernews.com/2019/12/google-open-source-projects.html

Besides rewarding ethical hackers from its pocket for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities in third-party open-source projects, Google today announced financial support for open source developers to help them arrange additional resources, prioritizing the security of their products.

The initiative, called "Patch Rewards Program," was launched nearly 6 years ago, under which Google rewards hackers for reporting severe flaws in many widely used open source software, including OpenSSH, OpenSSL, Linux kernel, Apache, Nginx, jQuery, and OpenVPN.
The support is available for both small teams ($5,000) as well as for a large team ($30,000) of developers.

In a blog post published today, Google itself described that small teams could get the amount as a reward for fixing a small number of security issues.

"Any open source project can be nominated for support. When selecting projects, the panel will put an emphasis on projects that either are vital to the health of the Internet or are end-user projects with a large user base," Google says.
"Our Patch Reward Panel will review submissions on a monthly basis and select a number of projects that meet the program criteria."
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