Barracuda Networks launches rewards for vulnerabilities

Update: Barracuda Networks has a new program for rewards for investigators to find errors in products for the security of society.

Barracuda programme follows similar moves by Google and Mozilla use incentives to information the vendor of the vulnerability of Explorer in the opposition votes from the public on the Web or in the delivered black hat.

Prices of area error of $ 500 to $ 3,133.70 is founded, as laboratories of Barracuda reward Panel ensures its strict. Bonuses to charity upon request also donated by what the company can be.

"Provider of security products in the upper part of the promotion of research on security, should be," said judge Paul, Research Director at Barracuda Networks, in a statement. "This initiative reflects our commitment to our customers and the community of security in General." The purpose of this program is a reward for their hard work for researchers even for the promotion and responsible disclosure. "

Google has recently expanded rewards program failures in the properties of the Internet, such as YouTube and Orkut. Greater reward program is the same that you can determine the number of Barracuda-$ 3, 133.70 is offered for all, critical errors in Google Web applications and reports directly to the company. Google has first of all that, this year, a village with the reward from that application to the problem of delivery with Google chrome.

The minimum payment by Google is $ 500. now I am a client, such as Android and Google Desktop, not in the context of the programme, but Google has said of Google applications that could expand in the future.

Mozilla has a vulnerability initiative reports for many years has worked. To qualify for you, the last candidate security beta or compatible version, versions of Firefox, Thunderbird and Mozilla Firefox mobile services by the users of those errors of products. Valid critical bug reporter can earn up to $ 300.

The Barracuda, the company announced that the following elements of the programme are: the Barracuda Spam Firewall and Barracuda Web filter, virus, Barracuda Web application server and the Barracuda NG firewall. At this time that only form-factor device is the game and only the latest version of the public shall be entitled to give each of the real products.

Remote privilege escalation vulnerabilities, cross-site scripting and other attacks, to affect the confidentiality, availability or acceptable authentication. When the problem is fixed, said, you can publish the Finder, the company. It prohibited attacks against Barracuda, demonstration, or the infrastructure of the enterprise client server.