Google says bug bounty program it runs to reward researchers who find security vulnerabilities in its software and services is working well. The company has increased its reward payouts to over $6.5 million in 2014. The top prize is now $1 million for a full chain remote code execution exploit with persistence. And if you achieve that exploit on specific developer preview versions of Android, were adding in a 50% bonus, making the top prize $1.5m. Google says the program is working and helping to improve security for millions of internet users.”]
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