Security News > 2022 > May > Google offers 50% higher bounties for bugs in Android 13 Beta

Google has released Android 13 Beta 1 and has sent out a call for bug hunters: Find bugs in it, and you'll get a 50% bonus reward payout.

Getting Android 13 as secure as possible before the final release.

After this first beta, three more will come in the coming months, followed by the final Android 13 release in September.

"Between April 26th, 2022 and May 26th, 2022 all security vulnerabilities that reproduce exclusively on Android 13 Beta 1 are eligible for a bonus 50% reward payout on top of the standard reward payout. Vulnerabilities must be exclusive to Android 13 and must not reproduce on any other version of Android," the company has noted in an update of its Devices Security Reward Program Rules.

A RCE exploit chain hitting the Secure Element, the Trusted Execution Environment, or the Android kernel is worth up to $375,000.

Lockscreen bypass bugs on Android 13 may be worth up to $150,000, and a Device Policy Controller bypass up to $112,500.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/05/02/android-13-bugs-bounty/