Hack VMware, score US$75K. Hack Flash, get much less

CanSecWest There’s US$75,000 up for grabs to hackers who compromise VMware’s hypervisor software in an upgraded Pwn2Own contest next month.

The next challenge represents a significant boost to the difficulty of the hacking competition in which popular hardware and software products are publicly flayed by cyber-security gurus.

The Vancouver, Canada, event – to be held on March 16 this year – invites hackers to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in widely used code, such as Apple’s Safari browser, Google’s Chrome browser, or Adobe Flash, and win tens of thousands of dollars in prizes for doing so. For the full article click here 

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