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Google boosts bounties for open source flaws found via fuzzing

integrations. For the latter, contributors can claim a prize up to $11,337 for such integrations"that show significant improvement over existing fuzzers."

Additionally, researchers can earn money for integrating new sanitizers into OSS-Fuzz. The new sanitizers must find at least two legit vulnerabilities in an open source project, and the max payout for this new rewards category is also $11,337. "These changes boost the total rewards possible per project integration from a maximum of $20,000 to $30,000 ," Google Oliver ChangFuzz testing, or fuzzing, is an automated software method that involves injecting random or semi-random data into the software to detect bugs. If something crops up, it can be worth investigating.

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