Contest offers $100,000 for smartphone, browser hacks
An annual hacking contest that has made mincemeat of security on both Mac and Windows computers will set its sights on smartphones and browsers with as much as $100,000 in awards next month.
Now in its fourth year, the Pwn2Own competition will award $60,000 for exploits that successfully penetrate Apple’s iPhone 3GS, Research in Motion’s Blackberry Bold 9700, a Nokia device running the most recent version of Symbian and a Motorola phone running Google’s Android. Each mobile attack that results in code execution “with little to no user-interaction” will fetch $15,000.
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Contestants will also be able to take home the device they pwn and will qualify for other remuneration from TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative, the security firm sponsoring the challenge.
“The increased presence and capabilities of smart phones has brought with it the same security issues and attention traditionally reserved for non hand-held platforms,” ZDI’s Aaron Portnoy wrote in announcing this year’s rules. “The data stored and communicated across these devices is increasing in value to attackers.”
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