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Google will pay hackers $200000 for finding bug in Android The company has since a long time, had a bounty program wherein every individual that reports a zero day bug ( bug not previously known ) would get a monetary reward for their efforts. After the recent Judy & Fireball malware however, Google has upped the reward many times over. Better safe than sorry The upgrade in the bounty program should not come as a surprise to those aware of the recent malware attacks. Its been days since news of the  Judy malware attack  broke. For those unfamiliar with it, the attack consisted of a number of apps that existed on the Play Store which would install adware onto their user’s devices. There were reports that over 40 apps were infected with this malware – one that managed to get past Google’s malware filters and although Google did remove these apps from their Play Store, it is being reported that those 40 apps were cumulatively downloaded over 40 million times. With t...