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Google Paid Nearly $17 Million in Bug Bounties Last Year. What That Number Actually Tells Us.

John Z Black Mar 16, 2026

Vulnerabilities & Patching #bug-bounty #google #vulnerability-management #security-economics #exploit-market

Google's record $17 million in bug bounties sounds huge. Then you look at the exploit broker market, where a single iOS chain sells for $2.5 million, and the math gets interesting.

Patch Chrome Now: Two Zero-Days Being Actively Exploited in the Wild

John Z Black Mar 14, 2026

Vulnerability #chrome #zero-day #cve-2026-3909 #google #patch #browser-security #v8 #skia

Google just patched two zero-days in Chrome 146 that were already being used in real attacks. Update now or stay exposed.

Google Swallowed Wiz for $32 Billion. OpenAI Bought an LLM Red-Team Firm. Same Day.

John Z Black Mar 12, 2026

Industry #google #wiz #openai #promptfoo #mergers-acquisitions #cloud-security #ai-security #cspm #enterprise

Google closed its $32B Wiz acquisition while OpenAI snapped up Promptfoo, an AI security startup. Two deals, one message: the biggest platforms are making security a built-in feature, not something they outsource.