Friday, August 17, 2012:
Internet search giant, Google
as a part of its second Pwnium contest, has challenged security
researchers by announcing that any person who can find and exploit
vulnerabilities in its Chrome Web browser will be awarded up to $2
million worth of prizes. Google announced that it will pay $60,000 for
hacks that fully exploit its Chrome and Chromium browsers. Also, a
"partial Chrome exploit," such as one that combines a bug in Chrome's
native code base with a bug in Windows, will be awarded $50,000. A
"non-Chrome exploit" in Adobe Flash, Windows or other app will fetch
$40,000.
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So are there any takers? Well, we will have to wait
for a while as the competition is scheduled for October 10 at the Hack
In The Box security conference in Malaysia. "You may have noticed that
we've compressed the reward levels closer together for Pwnium 2. This is
in response to feedback, and reflects that any local account compromise
is very serious. We're happy to make the web safer by any means—even
rewarding vulnerabilities outside of our immediate control,” said Google
software engineer Chris Evans in a blog post.
Google will award prizes until the $2 million threshold is reached. It gave out just $120,000 worth of awards during the first Pwnium contest in March. The competition brought out two exploits that were noteworthy because they relied entirely on code native to Chrome to break out of its highly regarded security sandbox. Among the winners of the first Pwnium contest was a 19-year-old hacker who went by the moniker Pinkie Pie who won one of the $60,000 prizes.
Google will award prizes until the $2 million threshold is reached. It gave out just $120,000 worth of awards during the first Pwnium contest in March. The competition brought out two exploits that were noteworthy because they relied entirely on code native to Chrome to break out of its highly regarded security sandbox. Among the winners of the first Pwnium contest was a 19-year-old hacker who went by the moniker Pinkie Pie who won one of the $60,000 prizes.
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