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Google paid out over $6.7 million in bug bounty rewards last year
In 2020, Google paid over $6.7 million to security researchers around the world for reporting security vulnerabilities in Google products.
Google shelled out a record $6.7 million in bug bounty rewards in 2020, breaking the last year’s record when the company paid $6.5 million for the same cause, the search giant revealed in a blog post. The single highest reward was $132,500, with 662 security researchers paid across 62 countries.
Huawei opens a Vulnerability Reward Program with a max payout of ~$143,000
Huawei has opened up the vulnerability reward program, which has a maximum payout of around $143,000 depending on the severity of a vulnerability.
Mobile security is important for a number of reasons, no less because most of our personal lives now reside on our smartphones. From photographs to social media, anybody with malicious access to your device could, in theory, cause a number of problems in your life. That's why it's important to make sure you have the latest security patches and to be sure not to install anything that could steal your data or damage your phone. While some vulnerabilities are in AOSP, some vulnerabilities may be in the custom software used by device OEMs like EMUI. As such, Huawei has opened up the vulnerability reward program in partnership with 360 Mobile Security that has a maximum payout of RMB 1 million (roughly $143,000) should it be deemed serious enough once reported.