Rony Das is an Indian security hacker. He is known for developing zero-day (computing) exploits. Google has rewarded them for finding and reporting bugs in Android Foreground Services.
Hailing from Bongaigaon in western Assam, Rony Das is a data security researcher who runs his own security startup called Axom Security, Rony Das works as a security engineer in one of his companies. He calls himself a self learner. He loved the area from the very beginning. In 2015, when he was in class 12th, he noticed a security flaw in the website of Gauhati University. Which provides security services apart from enabling cyber security education. Rony Das recognized by Google among others Has been.
According to the report, Rony Das told that he was making a software after some trouble. He came to know about this flaw while solving this problem. He had given this information to Google in May itself. Since then, he and the company have been exchanging information constantly. About 6 months later Rony Das won a $5,000 (approximately Rs 3.5 lakh) bounty from Google for reporting a vulnerability in his Android platform. They reported a bug in Android Foreground Services, which could be used by banking malware, among others, to hack into user data. Working on the reported bug, the tech giant fixed it, thereby protecting the sensitive data of millions of Android users. Because of this flaw, background processes in Android could be run without detection. The user was not aware of this. He told that this bug has been fixed in the upcoming Android version. Let us tell you that tech companies keep doing bounty programs from time to time. Through this, a reward is given for finding a flaw in the software or website. Many Indians also keep on winning prizes by participating in reward programs. This time Rony Das of Assam has got the reward from Google. Rony comes from a middle-class family background. His father Rony Das runs a tailor shop in Bongaigaon and his mother Rita Das is a homemaker. His exceptional work and the hours of work put in by him have transformed his position. His parents had no idea what he was actually doing until 2014, when he went to Kolkata to participate in an ethical hacking competition and took second prize for the first time. Things have changed since then. In 2015, when he was a Class XII student at Bongaigaon Railway HS School, Rony used his phone to find serious security flaws in a website run by Gauhati University. The university administration thanked Rony for his work. And since then there has been no looking back.The self-learner graduated in science stream from Birjhora Mahavidyalaya College in Bongaigaon and continued his cyber security research.In addition to being well noted by the media, Rony's cybersecurity bug reports have been acknowledged by the people and organizations he reports to.Rony Das founded the company Axom Security with a vision to strengthen the cyber security landscape in the country. His startup is now working on research into zero-day vulnerabilities and provides high-quality cybersecurity education that will prepare people for a job as a penetration tester.
