Google is launching a new security program focusing on Android, offering payments of up to $8,000 to those who bring to light vulnerabilities.
This isn't the first time the company has launched a similar bug hunter program, paying out $4 million over the last handful of years. The new program is titled Android Security Rewards, enabling those with knowledge of security vulnerabilities in Android to receive a reward for forwarding details to Google.
It's a positive initiative that helps protect consumers against bug abuse by hackers and criminals, who seek to exploit said vulnerabilities to target owners of hardware running Android. Providing a test case, as well as CTS test and patch will result in a higher reward.
Have a bug already jotted down? Report the issue to AOSP's public bug tracker using the Security Bug Report template. Do note that only the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 are eligible for the time being.
See the official page for more details on the program.
Source: Google
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Google offers rewards of up to $8,000 in the newly launched Android security bug hunt
Try 50G's google
Don't be so cheap
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8 grand is not a small amount of money?
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$50k for stumbling across a security bug? That's asking for a bit much. I'd be more than happy to collect $8k if I happened to stumble across a potential security bug and took all of 60 seconds to forward it to Google.
First of all it doesn't work that way
But im just fkn with ya anywho
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I found a bug...... On my wall, does that count? Lol
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I found a security bug in Instagram, but tracking down support is a joke. I was never able to report my find.
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