Google is expanding its BUG bounty program. The latest extension is a reward of up to $1.5 million for the Android 13 Beta vulnerability. Last week, a beta version of Android 13 became available to developers and early adapters. Google has promised that the new version will focus on privacy and security. In particular, the prize of $1.5 million can be awarded for hacking of the Titan M security chip on a Pixel phone with a beta version of Android 13.
Google also announced on Twitter a 50% reward for anyone who finds an error in the beta version of Android 13. The announcement contains an important note: “The error must be unique to Android 13 and not to any other version of Android.” In addition, the increased reward only applies to reports submitted by May 27.
It is noteworthy that $1.5 million is much more than the highest reward for detecting errors in Android, paid last year. Even when a critical chain of vulnerabilities was discovered last year, Google paid only $157,000. $1.5 million is also half of the total reward for detecting Android bugs in 2021 (only $3 million, covering hundreds of bugs).
In 2019, Google began offering $1 million to anyone who could hack the Titan M security chip. This chip comes with Pixel smartphones. But so far no one has claimed the reward. Other Google rewards for detecting security vulnerabilities in Android include rewards of 50% for the beta version of Android 13. These rewards range from $75 thousand to $500 thousand, most rewards are $250 thousand.
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