Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Google Spent A Record Sum Rewarding Researchers

This is easily the best way to keep your product safe.

Google is not messing around when it comes to its bug bounty program. Last year it paid out $6.5 million to researchers that reported vulnerabilities -- almost double the $3.4 million paid out in 2018. The largest single award was for $201,337, which was given to Guang Gong of Alpha Labs, who discovered a major exploit on the Pixel 3.