Googles new contest
Posted on: 15/Sep/2016 5:22:07 PM
Google has now announced a six months long contest for Android hacking intended to strengthen its security features online. This will be a good chance for all bug bounty enthusiasts for developing Android exploits.
The search engine giant made announcement about this contest yesterday. It was introduced in the name Prize Zero. There is no charge for the contest. Here, the security researchers will have to develop exploits which can compromise Android devices.
The first researcher will be rewarded with a sum of $200,000. Second and third place winners will receive $100,000 and $50,000.
Google aims at bolstering its Vulnerabilities Rewards Program (VRP) with this move. To note, VRP is Google’s own bug bounty system. If one has to take part in the contest, they need to file a bug report at Android VRP. This should contain detailed action plan.
Winning the contest is however tough because researchers ought to achieve Remote control Execution on a number of devices that run on Android OS versions. The researcher will only be given with the phone number and email address of the device. To take part in the contest, researcher need to age 13 or above. The panel of members will decide on the winner.
