After the recent Judy & Fireball malware however, Google has upped the reward many times over.
Its been days since news of theJudy malware attackbroke.
With this in mind, it makes sense that Google would want to know and plug such loopholes quickly.
Upgrades
The bounty system obviously has levels based on the seriousness of the bugs.
The second level includes Verified Boot and Trust Zone bugs.
The reward for these bugs was $50,000 which has now been upped to $200,000.
This malware also spread through apps and had amassed between4.5 to 18 million downloadsbefore they could be taken down.
Some of these apps were reportedly around for years on the Play Store before attacking their users.
Its a chilling reminder of the number of ways we are vulnerable to cyber attacks.
source: www.techworm.net
