Google
has a very large offer for experts who can pwn its Chrome OS operating system.
This will happen in 2014 witth its “Pwnium 4” hacking contest that has raised
the interest of so many hackers around the world. The good thing about the
contest this year is that the contestants can make use of Intl or ARM powered
laptops. This has given them additional option to use unlike last year when
they were only limited to a single tool which is Intel-powered Chromebook.
The
reason for the contest is “security” – nothing more, nothing less. Google is
dedicated to making sure that its Chrome should be secured and that no one
could ever hack or manipulate it to the point that this company is willing to
pay someone with a high price provided he or she can hack the system. The Pwnium
4 will be hosted in march at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver.
This is according to Jorge Lucángeli
Obes who is a security engineer.
Here are the details that
you need to know regarding the event:
The eligible Chrome OS exploits
include:
·
$110,000 for browser or system-level compromise in
guest mode or as a logged-in user, delivered via a web page.
·
$150,000 for compromise with device persistence: guest
to guest with interim reboot, delivered via a web page.
This even will determine who among the
hackers of the world has the greatest capacity. This will also increase their
reputation to other hackers and will be recognized by this huge company.
Software
of any kind can be used to as part of the attack provided it should be in its default
installation settings. This is what Obes said. He also added that this year's
competition allows the ARM-based Chromebook, the HP Chromebook 11 (WiFi), or
the Acer C720 Chromebook (2GB WiFi) that is based on the Intel Haswell
microarchitecture.
The
registration will stop at 5:00 p.m. (PST) Monday, March 10, 2014. The abovementioned
criteria should be followed to avoid being disqualified.
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