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November 21, 2019 05:00 pm

Google really wants you to hack the Pixels Titan M security chip




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Google has increased the maximum prize for its Android bug bounty program to $1 million for anyone who can compromise the Titan M security chip found in its Pixel phones. The top prize is for a “full chain remote code execution exploit with persistence” of the dedicated security chip. On top of that, there’s an additional 50 percent bonus if a security researcher is able to find an exploit on specific developer preview versions of Android, resulting in a potential prize of $1.5 million. The new rewards take effect starting today.


Introduced with 2018’s Pixel 3, Google’s Titan M security chip cordons off your smartphone’s most sensitive data from its main processor to protect against certain attacks. Google says the chip offers “on-device...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/21/20975650/google-pixel-titan-m-security-chip-bug-bounty-program-3-3a-4-hack

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