Security News > 2019 > August > Google takes little more responsibility for its Android world, will cough up bounties for mega-popular app bugs
2019-08-29 22:14
Payouts extended to anything with more than 100m installs Google is expanding its Android bug-bounty program to cover not just holes in the web giant's apps but also vulnerabilities in third-party software – as long as they have more than 100 million installs.…
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