Google Pwnium Program Now Open All Year

Google is expanding its successful Pwnium vulnerability reward program–which has run at various security conferences for a couple of years now–to run continuously and offer an unlimited pool of financial rewards. Pwnium originally was established as an alternative to the Pwn2Own hacking contest a...

Google Offers Bug Bounty Vulnerability Research Grants

Google last week announced that it has instituted a program for 2015 in which researchers can receive up to 3,133.70 in grant money for bug hunting. Researchers must apply for the grants, which will be an up-front award that will be paid out before a bug is submitted, Google said. “Researchers’...

Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS

The Stable channel has been updated to 33.0.1750.152 Platform version: 5116.115.4/5116.115.5 for all devices. This build contains security fixes for Pwnium. Systems will be receiving the updates over the next few days. Security Fixes and Rewards Congratulations to geohot for an epic Pwnium...

Charitable Prelude to Pwn2Own Not Without Its Critics

VANCOUVER – The prelude to the annual Pwn2Own contest between sponsor HP’s Zero Day Initiative and Pwnium contest sponsor Google produced not only zero-day exploits for Internet Explorer and Safari, but some skepticism about whether the exploits and details on the vulnerabilities were held for th...

Google adds its Chrome apps and extensions to Bug Bounty Program

Google's Vulnerability Reward Program which started in November 2010, offers a hefty reward to the one who find a good vulnerability in its products. Now Google is getting a little more serious about the security of its Chrome Browser and has expanded its Bug Bounty Program to include all Chrome...

Google Chrome added pop-up warning to prevent users from Browser hijacking

GOOGLE, one of the most trusted brands continuously trying to keep its products more robust and secure for keeping its users safe. Google honors vulnerability hunters under its Bug bounty program and not only that, the company also offer a huge amount of reward to hackers in 'Pwnium' hacking...

Google announces $2.7 million Reward for hacking Chrome OS at Pwnium Contest

Pwnium is the annual Hacking competition where 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...

Google Pwnium 4 to Offer $2.7M in Prizes at CanSecWest

Building on the success of the last couple of years, Google plans to offer more than $2.7 million in potential rewards in the next iteration of its Pwnium hacking competition at this year’s CanSecWest conference in Vancouver. The company has run the contest in parallel with the older Pwn2Own...

Google Serves Up a Half Slice of Pwnium Cash for Pinkie Pie

Depending upon your perspective, the third iteration of Google Pwnium at this year’s CanSecWest conference was either a mild failure or a huge success. No researchers were able to come up with a full compromise of the Chrome OS, the target in this year’s contest, but Google said this week that it...

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Google Patches 10 Chrome Flaws Ahead of Pwn2Own, Pwnium

Google raised the degree of difficulty for Pwn2Own and Pwnium hacking contestants by patching 10 vulnerabilities in its Web browser last night. The popular contests, which kick off tomorrow in Vancouver at the CanSecWest Conference, feature millions in prize money for researchers who can crack no...

Pwn2Own, Pwnium Attract Dollars and 0-Days by the Bushel

The new year is barely two months old and it’s already been a brutal one for the disclosure of new vulnerabilities. Java, Adobe Reader, Flash, Google Chrome and a number of other widely deployed applications have all been hit with a slew of serious bugs in just the last few weeks. And that’s like...

Google Announces Pwnium 3, Ups Ante and Offers $3M+ in Rewards

Search giant Google is planning a third iteration of its vulnerability-finding contest, Pwnium. This year’s competition is set to be held alongside next month’s CanSecWest security conference on March 7 in Vancouver, BC. Unlike last year’s inaugural Pwnium, which was parallel to CanSecWest’s olde...

PinkiePie Strikes Again, Compromises Google Chrome in Pwnium Contest at Hack in the Box

For the second time this year, an anonymous teenage security researcher has succeeded in producing a full exploit, including a sandbox escape, against Google Chrome. The researcher, who uses the pseudonym PinkiePie, submitted his exploit Wednesday during the Pwnium contest run by Google at the Ha...

'Pinkie Pie' discovered second Chrome exploit worth $60k at Pwnium 2

Hacker known as "Pinkie Pie" produced the first Chrome vulnerability at the Hack In the Box conference on Wednesday, just ahead of the deadline for the competition this afternoon. The exploit, if later confirmed by Google's US headquarters, will have earned the teenage hacker known as Pinkie Pie...

As Bug Bounty Programs Mature, Still More Room For Growth

Google’s recent announcements that the company is doubling some of the rewards in its Chromium Vulnerability Reward Program and will also be committing up to $2 million for another round of the Pwnium contest in a couple of months brought a round of cheers from the security research community. Th...

Google to Hold Pwnium 2 Contest, Offers $2M in Rewards

Google has been handing out rewards to researchers who discover vulnerabilities in the company’s products and Web properties for several years now, both through its Chrome bug bounty program and its Pwnium contest at this year’s CanSecWest conference. Company officials say that the programs have...

Apple Fixes Serious Flaws in iOS 5.1.1

Apple has patched several serious security bugs in iOS with the release of version 5.1.1 of the mobile operating system. The most serious of the security vulnerabilities could be used for remote code execution. The highest severity vulnerability that’s fixed in iOS 5.1.1 is a WebKit flaw that can...

Six High-Risk Flaws Fixed in Google Chrome

Google has fixed nine new vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser, including six high-risk flaws. The most serious of the bugs include three separate use-after-free vulnerabilities in various parts of the browser. As part of its researcher reward program, Google paid out $5,500 in bounties for...

Raising the Bar on Browser Attacks

VANCOUVER–If there’s one thing that emerged from all of the craziness that was CanSecWest, Pwn2Own and Pwnium, it’s that life is becoming more difficult for researchers and attackers looking to exploit modern browsers. It’s not impossible, of course, but it’s certainly not the warm-up exercise th...