Wed Jan 29 2020: Google's Bug Program & Avast revealed to mine data

Wed Jan 29 2020: Google's Bug Program & Avast revealed to mine data

Today * Google's bug bounty program, and what we can learn about a company on security https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-dished-out-65-million-to-bug-squashers-last-year/ AND * Avast revealed to mine user data, then sell it via a subsidiary https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation

Today

  • Google’s bug bounty program, and what we can learn about a company on security

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-dished-out-65-million-to-bug-squashers-last-year/

AND

  • Avast revealed to mine user data, then sell it via a subsidiary

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation

 

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