Google has launched its ain Android hacking challenger alongside the start prize winner receiving $200,000 inwards cash.
That's a Hefty Sum!
The challenger is a agency to respect as well as destroy unsafe Android vulnerabilities earlier hackers exploit them inwards the wild.
The competition, dubbed 'The Project Zero Prize,' is beingness run yesteryear Google’s Project Zero, a squad of safety researchers dedicated to documenting critical bugs as well as making the spider web a safer house for everyone.
What's the Requirements?
Starting Tuesday as well as ending on March 14, 2017, the challenger volition exclusively accolade cash prizes to contestants who tin grade the sack successfully hack whatever version of Android Nougat on Nexus 5X as well as 6P devices.
However, the grab hither is that Google wants you lot to hack the devices knowing exclusively the devices' vociferation numbers as well as electronic mail addresses.
For working of their exploits, contestants are allowed to fob a user into opened upwards an electronic mail inwards Gmail or an SMS text message inwards Messenger, but no other user interaction beyond this is allowed.
So, if you lot desire to participate inwards 'The Project Zero Prize' contest, you lot are advised to focus on flaws or põrnikas chains that would permit you lot to perform Remote Code Execution (RCE) on multiple Android devices.
"Despite the existence of vulnerability rewards programs at Google as well as other companies, many unique, high-quality safety bugs conduct maintain been discovered equally a termination of hacking contests," Project Zero safety researcher Natalie Silvanovich said inwards a weblog post spell announcing the competition.
Therefore, the society has taken this first to run its ain hacking challenger inwards search of severe Android safety vulnerabilities.
Contest Cash Prizes
- First Prize: worth $200,000 USD volition endure awarded to the start winning entry.
- Second Prize: worth $100,000 USD volition endure awarded to the instant winning entry.
- Third Prize: At to the lowest degree $50,000 USD volition endure awarded to additional winning entries.
Besides cash prizes, winners volition equally good endure invited to write a brusk technical study describing their entry, which volition as well as hence endure posted on the Project Zero Blog.
For to a greater extent than details most the contest, you lot tin grade the sack banking firm tally out the Project Zero Security Contest Official Rules.
