Going on a bug hunt might not sound like the most exciting thing in the world, but for Project Zero, the name for a team of security analysts tasked by Google with finding zero-day exploits, a good old fashioned bug hunt is both exhilarating and productive. As a result of Project Zero’s efforts to root out bugs in Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge device, owners are now more secure.
In a blog post describing the bug hunt, Project Zero (correctly) notes that the majority of Android devices are not made by Google, but by third-parties known as Original Equipment Manufacturers, or OEMs. Having researched vulnerabilities on Google-made Nexus devices running the Android Open-Source Project (AOSP), Project Zero decided to turn their attention to a Samsung, one of the biggest OEMs in the world. For the full article click here
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