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Google Releases Chrome 6, Pays $4337 In Bounties
Trailrunner7 writes "Google has released a new version of its Chrome browser and has included more than a dozen security fixes in the update. The new version, 6.0.472.53, was released two years to the day after the company pushed out the first version of Chrome. Google Chrome 6 includes patches for 14 total security vulnerabilities, including six high-priority flaws, and the company paid out a total of $4,337 in bug bounties to researchers who reported the vulnerabilities. A number of the flaws that didn't qualify for bug bounties were discovered by members of Google's internal security team." (Read on for more, below.)
Also on the Chrome front, morsch writes "Chrome 7 for Linux is planned to tie in with the Gnome Keyring and the KDE Wallet to securely store saved browser passwords. Users of the stable version of Google's Webkit-based browser might be surprised to find out that, so far, passwords are stored on the hard disk as clear text. On Windows, Chrome has always used a platform-specific crypto API call for encrypted storage. The corresponding Linux function was never implemented — until now. Unstable versions of Chrome 7 still disable the feature by default; it can be enabled using a parameter."
I just looked at the article briefly, and it states "A second high-priority flaw, a sandbox parameter deserialization error, was discovered by two members of Adobe's Reader Sandbox Team." What the--Adobe has a security team? That's crazy talk!
Chrome already uses the Keyring... at least it does for me.
In 2015.... Chrome 256 released!
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I'm guessing you missed their highly re-reported blog post regarding the new release schedule.
no, no and yes
Give me a break. You turn a bug bounty into a statement on American values. Your gameshow references are completely baseless and random. What a load of crap!
Since you're not going to RTFA or even the summary i'll repost it here..
First thing I thought when I saw 4337 was "What the fuck is Aeet?"
This is one of the dumbest arguments I've ever seen on slashdot.
Uhh...my Chromium 5 for Linux has print preview and proper flash support. And the same file download behavior as browsers like Firefox - I open a file the browser doesn't handle, it downloads to the folder I've specified for downloads. How is that a problem? As I said, it's the same thing Mozilla does. I don't _want_ a browser to just start deleting my downloads on it's own. If I tell it 'yes, download this file', that file should stay where it is until I decide to delete it.
Mozilla also pays bug bounties.
FYI your linux logins on Ubuntu are stored in this file: /home/username/.config/google-chrome/Default/Login\ Data
just do "strings Login\ Data"
and you have those passwords. :(
They figure once they get to 6 they can coast for years.
This is not the funny you're looking for.
At least the Linux version for x86_64.
Try it
Maybe Computers will never be as intelligent as Humans.
For sure they won't ever become so stupid. [VR-1988]
The highest bug bounty, $1337
$1337? Oh come on!
Well, $5318008 was a bit much.
And yet they did. That must really shake your world view.
Believe it or not, when normal people discover a vulnerability and their options are "run a bonet" and "tell the manufacturer," most of them tell the manufacturer. Getting $1000 for it is an added bonus, not the incentive to action.
True, it's not going to create a whole new generation of professional bug bounty hunters living off their bounties, but that was never the intent. If they wanted to hire an army of extra bug hunters they'd put you on the payroll. If you're looking to get rich, do something else. If you're into it for the challenge or to be helpful or you happen to be mucking about with their browser as part of your day job, make a little extra money as Google's way of saying "thank you" for doing the right thing and helping them to make their free product--one you evidently use, if you're finding bugs in it--a better one.
If that's not good enough for you, well, fine. Don't look for bugs. Don't pass Go, don't collect $1,000. Your time is apparently better spent trying to get yourself a spot on Wheel of Fortune.