alexalex Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Google ups ante for Chrome hack at revamped Pwn2Own HP's revised hacking contest to offer $60K top prize, debut on-site exploit writing HP TippingPoint, the long-time sponsor of the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, has dramatically revamped the challenge and will be awarding a first prize of $60,000 this year, four times 2011's top reward. Google will also significantly increase the money it potentially will pay to people able to hack its Chrome browser at the contest. Pwn2Own will take place over a three-day stretch in early March at the Vancouver, British Columbia-based CanSecWest security conference. Four desktop browsers -- the most up-to-date editions of Chrome, Apple's Safari, Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox -- will feature as this year's targets, said Aaron Portnoy, the leader of HP TippingPoint's security research team and the organizer of Pwn2Own. Rather than take a target off the table when the first researcher manages an to exploit -- as has been done at past Pwn2Owns -- this year the contest will use a point schedule that lets everyone try their hand. More importantly, researchers will be challenged to devise exploits on the spot.... http://www.computerw...keyword_edpicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still1 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Chrome 3 years in a row undefeated... would be interesting to see what happens this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted January 25, 2012 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2012 That is a lot of money, however, the information that Google / HP will learn from how they did it would be worth far more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Xinok Subscriber² Posted January 25, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted January 25, 2012 HP is offering a top prize of $60k. Google is only offering $20k to each person / team that successfully exploits Chrome, or $10k for non-Chrome bugs (e.g. Windows / Flash bugs) which allow the exploit to escape the sandbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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