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Android, iOS bug bounty biz is booming

Android, iOS bug bounty biz is booming

August 12, 2016

Via: CIO
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If you’re not a hacker pounding away on Android or iOS for security flaws, you may be in the wrong profession — at least if you appreciate a nice stack of Benjamins.

A single verified zero-day vulnerability in iOS could net you a cool half mil from security firm Exodus Intelligence. That’s 150 percent more moola than the $200,000 amount Apple last week said it would offer for proven critical vulnerabilities. Apple also said it would double that amount if recipients donate the cash to charity.

And it’s not just iOS engineers facing a potential windfall. Just last month, Google significantly upped its Android bug bounties.

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