Google raised Android vulnerability discoverer to a maximum award of $200 thousand

TechWeb reports, according to foreign media reports, after a malicious software named "Judy" infringed 36 million 500 thousand Android phones, Google has increased the reward of Android vulnerability discoverers to 15 to 200 thousand dollars.

It is reported that the award of Google's Android vulnerability has been divided into two files. The discovery of remote vulnerability chains or the cracking of TrustZone and Verified Boot remote vulnerabilities can get a reward of 200 thousand dollars, while the highest value of the former is 50 thousand dollars, which has increased 4 times. Researchers found a remote kernel vulnerability of $150 thousand, 5 times more than the previous $30 thousand.

In June 2015, Google will Android into the safety incentive plan, hoping to encourage security researchers found loopholes in Android system, there are many security researchers by providing discovered vulnerabilities to Google won the award, in its first year, Google to 82 security researchers paid $550 thousand in the past year it paid $1 million 500 thousand.

This is not the first time Google has increased the reward of Android system vulnerability discoverers. In June 2016, Google has increased the incentive standard by 33% on 2015 basis.

Although many security researchers have submitted loopholes to Google, Google has not yet discovered the core flaw of the Android system until now.