In its 2025 bug bounty program "VRP", Google paid out over 17 million US dollars in rewards to IT researchers.

OpenAI has some of the most advanced AI in the world, but that doesn’t mean it’s not vulnerable to security attacks. Unfortunately, its AI tools can be hijacked and weaponized to cause some real harm.

Like most big tech companies, Samsung also runs a bug bounty program. As part of it, the brand offers significant rewards to those ethical hackers who can find bugs in its software. The company ...

Security researchers scored big in 2025, with Google paying a record $17.1 million in bug bounties, including top rewards of $250,000 for critical discoveries ...

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Google Play Security Reward Program incentivized developers and security researchers to check Android apps for vulnerabilities. However, Google has notified participants that the program ends soon.

Google paid over $17 million to 747 security researchers who reported security bugs through its Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) in 2025. The company says it has awarded over $81.6 million in bug ...

Google has increased rewards for reporting remote code execution vulnerabilities within select Android apps by ten times, from $30,000 to $300,000, with the maximum reward reaching $450,000 for ...

Software providers continue to rely on community support to help them identify code mistakes that can lead to malicious attacks. Bug bounty programs remain a crucial component of cybersecurity ...

Google paid over $17 million in bug bounty rewards via its VRPs in 2025, with more than $7 million paid for Chrome and cloud vulnerabilities.