Samsung Launches Põrnikas Bounty Programme — Offering Upward To $200,000 Inwards Rewards

With the growing number of cyber attacks too information breaches, a number of tech companies too organisations conduct hold started Bug Bounty programs for encouraging hackers, põrnikas hunters too researchers to detect too responsibly study bugs inwards their services too driblet dead rewarded.

Samsung is the latest inwards the listing of tech companies to launch a põrnikas bounty program, announcing that the South Korean electronics giant volition offering rewards of upwards to $200,000 to anyone who discovers vulnerabilities inwards its mobile devices too associated software.

Dubbed Mobile Security Rewards Program, the newly-launched põrnikas bounty plan volition encompass 38 Samsung mobile devices released from 2016 onwards which currently have monthly or quarterly safety updates from the company.

So, if you lot desire to accept business office inwards the Samsung Mobile Security Rewards Program, you lot conduct hold these devices every bit your target—the Milky Way S, Milky Way Note, Milky Way A, Milky Way J, too the Milky Way Tab series, every bit good every bit Samsung's flagship devices, the S8, S8+, too Note 8.

"We accept safety too privacy issues real seriously; too every bit an appreciation for helping Samsung Mobile amend the safety of our products too minimizing conduct chances to our end-consumers, nosotros are offering a rewards plan for eligible safety vulnerability reports," the society explains on its bug bounty website. 

"We await forrad to your continued interests too participations inwards our Samsung Mobile Security Rewards Program. Through this rewards program, nosotros hope to construct too keep valuable relationships amongst researchers who coordinate disclosure of safety issues amongst Samsung Mobile."

Not merely mobile devices, the tech giant's Mobile Services suite is besides business office of its põrnikas bounty program, which volition besides encompass apps too services such every bit Bixby, Samsung Account, Samsung Pay, Samsung Pass, amidst others.

For the eligibility of a reward, researchers too põrnikas hunters remove to render a valid proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that tin compromise a Samsung handset without requiring whatever physical connector or third-party application.

The society volition evaluate the vantage depending on the severity score of the vulnerability (Critical, High, Moderate, too Low) too its affect on devices. The to the lowest degree vantage is $200, which is for low-severity flaws, piece the highest vantage is $200,000, which is for critical bugs.

The Higher vantage volition last offered for bugs that Pb to trusted execution environs (TEE) or Bootloader compromise. The score of severity volition last determined past times Samsung.

Samsung’s bounty of $200,000 is equal to the bounty vantage offered nether Apple's põrnikas bounty program but is slightly lower than Microsoft's newly launched bounty plan that offers $250,000 for Windows ten safety bugs.

Following the path of major tech companies, the non-profit grouping behind Tor Project late joined hands amongst HackerOne to launch its own põrnikas bounty program, amongst the highest payout for the flaws has been kept $4,000.

So, what you lot are waiting for? Hunt for bugs inwards Samsung products too submit your findings to the society via the Security Reporting page.

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