4 days agoGoogle has rewarded $9.9 million for security researchers in 2017
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Programs “Big Bonety” are designed to reward security researchers by paying them for reported problems. In return, researchers are rewarded with satisfying income. Google is one of the companies that pays most researchers where, in 2017, he donated 2.9 million. Rewards range from $500 to $100,000 [...]
Google is one of the companies that pays most researchers where, in 2017, he donated 2.9 million.
The rewards range from $500 to 100,000 and depend on the type of security problem and time spent on its gene.
The biggest reward in 2017 was $112,500 for discovering a problem on the Pixel phones as part of the Android Security Records Programme.
It's a lot of revenue, and the bounty hunters play a key role in the software ecosystem.
Google has also increased the rewards from 30,000 to 150,000 for discovering problems in Kernel. The products for which Google offers rewards are Chrome and Android.
