• Google launches the Android Security Awards bug bounty program
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[url]http://www.cnet.com/news/google-antes-up-some-cash-for-android-security-bug-flaws-fixes/[/url] [quote=CNET]Security researchers who want to make some extra cash off the bugs and flaws built into Android now have a way to do just that. Google on Tuesday launched the Android Security Awards program, offering researchers who seek out bugs and flaws in Android to make some cash on their discoveries. Google has assigned a $500 bounty on "Moderate" severity bugs, but will double that to $1,000 for "High" severity and hand over $2,000 for "Critical" bugs. Google will also up those amounts by 50 percent if researchers can show a test case, and double the standard sum if they can hand over a patch. "The final amount is always chosen at the discretion of the reward panel," a Google spokeswoman said. "In particular, we may decide to pay higher rewards for unusually clever or severe vulnerabilities; decide that a single report actually constitutes multiple bugs; or that multiple reports are so closely related that they only warrant a single reward."[/quote]
thats actually cool as shit
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