Here you go hackers, if you want to make up to $200 k, here is the way.
The project Zero Prize is a way for participants to find a full exploit that will allow them to achieve remote code execution on up-to-date Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X devises, by knowing only their email address and phone number, with a few conditions.
The first prize is a juice $200,000 and $100,000 for the second place, how about that?
Natalie Silvanovich is Google’s Project Zero team lead and explained that their “main motivation is to gain information about how these bugs and exploits work”
This article also talks in detail on how to play and other rewards offered by the giant search engine.
http://www.securityweek.com/google-launches-android-hacking-contest
Nice article Roberto and I agree with Natalie Silvanovich. Additionally, a similar approach can be emulated to combat ransomware. This is a solution that can invite and encourage hackers to work with companies from all industries in an effort to minimize unethical hacking. Especially, companies in the healthcare and financial industries should take note of this method to gain information about how malware bugs and systems exploits work.
If this is something that interests anyone, there is a free emulator for android that allows you to exercise a phone in a software environment. There was a nice presentation at Shmoocon a few years ago. Pretty sure it was recorded and put on youtube.
Wade