Google patches Chrome holes, pays $10,000

Google this week fixed seven vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser, and paid $10,000 to researchers who reported them. Researcher Sergey Glazunov scored $8,000 for reporting five Chrome bugs, including $4,500 for three use after free bugs in v8 bindings. Glazunov has dominated Google's Chromium security hall of fame, which pays researchers for reporting bugs in the Chrome browser.

This article originally appeared at SCMagazine.com.au

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