The whole world is worried about the bugs and
malware found on the Android devices. Hence, Google is also worried of the
increasing malware in Android. Many reports claim that Google play store has
lots of malicious apps. On the other hand, Google says that they keep on
scanning the play store.
Looking at the severe situation, Google has
announced a bug bounty program for finding a bug in Android OS. Two years
earlier, Google has declared a bounty worth $30,000-$50,000, for finding
excellent investigators, technology specialists, and engineers who can manage
the malware threat for the Android devices. As a result, Google failed to get
any professional expert. Now, Google has come with a huge offer bounty worth
$200,000. Google will pay an amount of $200,000 if anyone finds a bug in
Android OS.
The spread of ‘Judy malware‘ was also a reason for
increasing the bounty price. If you have not yet read about the Judy malware‘,
then you must read. Google issued the bug bounty worth $200,000 after two days
spread of the Judy malware. ‘Judy’ has already affected more than 36.5 million
Android devices. The malware makes the devices unsafe to unlawful access. The
Judy malware was produced by a Korean company ‘Kiniwini.’ The shocking part is
that the company is also listed as the ENISTUDIO Corp on the Google Play store.
Check Point is the internet security firm which
claimed, Judy was discovered on 41 apps. It is an auto-clicking adware software
which employs affected devices for producing costs of fraudulent clicks on
advertisements. By this method, the malware producers obtain income. The
malicious Judy app downloaded in approx. 18.5 million Android devices.
Check Point also added that the source of the
malware spread is still not identified because the malware was on Play Store
for times unexplored. Nonetheless, the dangerous apps have been deleted from
the Play store.
