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Google Pwnium 4 Invites Hackers to Attack Chrome OS at CanSecWest

26-January-201418-April-2020Prasanna Sherekar

Google holds regular competitions to encourage involvement in improving the security of the Chromium project. Contests like Pwnium helps to better patch specific exploits and issues to make Chromium even more secure. This year Pwnium 4 will once again set sights on Chrome OS, and will be hosted in March at the CanSecWest security conference […]

Researcher cracks Mac in 10 seconds at PWN2OWN, wins $5k

26-March-200930-July-2009Prasanna SherekarLeave a Comment

Charlie Miller, a security researcher who hacked a Macintosh in two minutes last year at CanSecWest’s PWN2OWN contest, improved his time today by breaking into another Macintosh in under 10 seconds. Miller, an analyst at Independent Security Evaluators in Baltimore, walked off with a $5,000 cash prize and the MacBook he hacked. “I can’t talk […]