Google will pay those who find security flaws in Android – CNET in Spanish

The company launches Android Security Awards Program, which will allow researchers to make extra money when you find a bug or unknown defect by Google.

The Nexus devices used to test security failures Google new program. CNET

Security researchers who wish to earn some extra money for the mistakes and failures integrated into Android now they may do so.

Google announced Tuesday
Android Security Awards Program, a program that provides researchers seeking mistakes and failures Android money for their discoveries. Google has assigned a reward of US $ 500 to “moderate” US $ 1,000 to the “high” and $ 2,000 to the critical issues. The company will double that amount if a test case is given and still give you more money if you can deliver a patch.

Although Google actively seeks integrated Android errors and failures, it is unable to find them all. Safety investigations now proposed by the company can be a way to help the operating system to find vulnerabilities that could put user data in danger, it is also a way to prevent these errors are understood.

In February, the company released a report FireEye security of mobile threats in 2014 and found that between January and October 2014 was an increase of 500 percent in the number of malicious programs compared with the same period of 2013, mainly malware to data theft.

Google has said it is actively working on Android security. In an April this year The company said the malware on Android devices was reduced by 50 percent in 2014. In addition, later this year Google said fewer than 1 percent of all Android devices had “potentially harmful applications” installed on them. With more than one million Android devices in use worldwide, this percentage means that at least 10 million Android devices have some detrimental app inside.

The program Google only be valid in the United .S. with devices having failures in this country and limited to the Nexus 6 and Nexus devices 9, according to the company, because it is the only way he can verify them.

At Google I / O the company said new version of Android will allow developers that users register for an easier way but the safest time applications.