Android Bug Hunter Awarded Over $100,000 for Exposing Security Flaw in Google Pixel
Android Bug Hunter Awarded Over $100,000 for Exposing Security Flaw in Google Pixel Google has awarded $112,500 (roughly Rs. 71,83,300) to a security researcher for exposing a security flaw in Google Pixel smartphones. Guang Gong, in August 2017 submitted an exploit chain through the Android Security Rewards (ASR) programme. It was the first working remote exploit chain since the search giant has expanded the ASR program. Gong was awarded $105,000 (roughly Rs. 67,04,40), which Google claims is the highest reward in the ASR programme's history. Additionally, she was awarded $7,500 (roughly Rs. 4,78,900) under the Chrome Rewards program as well. The technical details of the exploit were revealed by Google on its Android Developer's blog on Wednesday. The search giant thanked Gong, who is from Alpha Team, Qihoo 360 Technology, and the entire researcher community for finding and responsibly reporting security vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, Google ...