Jeff Campbell
03-02-2009, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/02/pwn2own-contest-will-target-browsers-and-mobile-devices.ars' target='_blank'>http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news...ile-devices.ars</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"The Pwn2Own hacking contest, held during the CanSecWest Security Conference in March, will pit hackers against browsers from Microsoft, Apple, Mozilla and Google. The hackers will also have a chance to "pwn" an iPhone as well as other mobile devices."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1235949785.usr105634.jpg" /></em></p><p>TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (<a href="http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/" target="_blank">ZDI</a>) team is sponsoring the contest for the 3rd consecutive year. They are going to officer $5,000 USD for each browser hack and $10,000 USD for each mobile hack. The <a href="http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009" target="_blank">contest</a> will be held during the <a href="http://cansecwest.com/" target="_blank">CanSecWest </a>Security Conference from March 16th through March 20th in Vancouver, BC.</p><p>Last year it was a <a href="http://www.apple.com/macbookair/" target="_blank">Macbook Air</a> that was <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9905095-37.html" target="_blank">hacked</a> on day two by exploiting a Safari Browser security flaw, the winner took home $10,000 USD. Guess that isn't such a big deal anymore so they dropped the bounty!</p><p><em></em></p>