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Google Pays Big Bug Bounties in Chrome 40 Fix

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Sean Michael Kerner
Jan 22, 2015

Google is out with its first stable Chrome browser update of 2015, with security vulnerabilities fixes topping the list of improvements in the new release. In total, Google is patching 62 different security flaws in the update.

In contrast, Microsoft has yet to provide a single security patch for its Internet Explorer browser in 2015, while Mozilla’s Firefox 35 had nine security advisories attached to it.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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