Google Expands Existing Bug Bounty Program in 2018

Google now wants to reward security researchers who are able to report methods of misuse of googles product series.

Google has expanded its bug bounty program to include rewards that go beyond reporting specific vulnerabilities. Security researchers now also get rewards when they report methods and techniques that hackers could use to abuse google products and services.

This could be a starting point for enumeration attacks, compromises or a way to circumvent security mechanisms, google employees explains in a blog entry. Rewards of up to $5,000 are waiting researchers on valid submits. In a more detailed blog post the google security team explains about the extended bug bounty program conditions of the program.

New Banana PI R1 SD V3 Case Available

The Banana Pi R1 is a router based on the same SoC as the M1 Classic Pi. The R1 is an open hardware router that runs on a variety of open source operating systems such as OpenWrt, Android and Bananian. The R1 has a slim router form factor with a bay for 2.5 hard drives. It also has 4 Gigabit LAN ports, 1 Gigabit WAN and 300Mbs Wireless N capabilities.

Banana Pi is an open platform device, it is for everyone who wants to play and build with developer technology instead of just working with consumer technology. Supported by our community it is fun to start a project and build servers. We welcome all companies, DIY enthusiasts and technology enthusiasts to our community! Together we can make a difference, discover our passions, inspire others and build a practical project.