2012-10-10

Pwn2Own 2012

23-Jan-2012:
This year's Pwn2Own contest has much higher prize money, and has a different format. Looks like Pen-testing is fast becoming a sport..!!

Update 28-Feb-2012:
Google withdraws it's sponsorship for the Pwn2Own event, and announces it will hold another similar event (called Pwnium) or its Chrome browser, at the same venue, with $ 1 million in reward...!!

Update 07-Mar-2012:
The hacking king, Charlie Miller will not be participating this year.

Update 07-Mar-2012:
Glazunov scores $60,000 for the first Pwnium payout..! So unlike last few years, this time Chrome is the first browser to go down. However, this is not necessarily because the browser is insecure, but only because the prize money is enormous.

Update 09-Mar-2012:
Barely 24 hours after Chrome's bug was discovered, it has been patched and the latest version of the browser is now available.

French team from Vupen, was able to hack both IE9 and Chrome. Hence, Chrome gets hacked twice in the same week! However, this particular bug will not be reported to Google, and hence may not get patched at all.

12-Mar-2012:
Google Chrome falls again, this time by a teenager, who calls himself Pinkie Pie! Once again, he earned $60,000 from Google, and once again Google patched the vulnerability in less than 24 hours!! Commendable effort, indeed.

Update 26-Aug-2012:
Google decides to have a second Chrome hacking contest, and the max prize pool is a whooping a 2M. Location = KL, Malaysia

Update 10-Oct-2012:
The same kid (Pinkie Pie ) breaks into chrome a second time, to win $60,000!!


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