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I'm not sure hackers brought their "A" game to this event. In contrast to earlier events, winners must disclose their methods to participate in return for only
by codex 14y ago
I'm not sure hackers brought their "A" game to this event. In contrast to earlier events, winners must disclose their methods to participate in return for only $150,000 per exploit. A black hat hacker could make much more from their methods, and a white hat hacker could as well--in consulting fees.
- magicalist 14y agoYou're thinking of Pwn2Own. Pwnium has always required disclosure, while Pwn2Own only required full disclosure for the first time this year. And $150,000 is actually getting quite close to what you could make for an exploit of a browser on the black market, especially with all those Java and Flash plugins still running all over the world, depressing exploit prices as long as they're available.
- dakimov 14y agoAre their rates that high? How much do those hackers earn then?
- naner 14y agoIt seems like there would not be a huge payday for Chrome OS exploits since hardly anyone uses the OS.