Google Announces $2.7 million Reward for Hacking Chrome OS at Pwnium Contest
Pwniium is the annual Hacking competition whare Google invites coders from around the world to find security holes in Google Chrome.
Google has announced its 4th Pwnium Hacking Contest Hosted at the Canadian Security conference in March, offering more than$2..7 million in potential rewards for hacking Chrome OS - Running ARM and Intel Chromebook.
The attack must be demonstrated against one of these devices running "then-current" stable version of Chrome OS.
Amongst the payouts are $100,000 for the browser or system-level compromise in guest mode or as a logged-in user, delivered via a web page.
Google will allso pay USD 150,000 for providing an exploit, able to persistently compromise an HP or Acer Chromebook, i.e. Hacking the device to retain control even after a rebbot.
Google further revealed that it will be giving out bonuses to all those who come up with an impressive exploit memory corruption in the 64-bit browser process or exploiting the kernel directly from a renderer process. The full exploit must be given to Google with explanations for all individual bugs used.
"To register, email pwnium@chromium.org. Registeration will close at 5.00 p.m. PST Monday, March 10th, 2014. Only exploits demonstrated on time in this specifically-arranged window will be elegible for a reward."
Notes from ITC:
Take your time to understand the code. Then you will know your enemy.
-- Edited by Call me if you in trouble on Saturday 1st of February 2014 12:16:17 AM
-- Edited by Call me if you in trouble on Saturday 1st of February 2014 12:26:01 AM
