Google late offered upprizes sum $ 1 millionfor those subject of exploit its web browser Chrome . Now , at Google ’s own contention called Pwnium , a student has walked aside with one of the top award , earn $ 60,000 by hack a PC running Chrome .
Google ’s Giving $ 60,000 to Whoever Can Exploit Chrome
Chrome has sport in Pwn2Own — a security measure rivalry run by HP — for the last four old age , but while the likes of Safari and Internet Explorer have crumbled , Google ’s browser app has remained unhesitating .
Now , at Google ’s breakaway event Pwnium , Sergey Glazunov , a Russian university student , successfully hacked a PC running Google ’s Chrome web browser to claim a $ 60,000 prize . ZDNet reportsthat he used a antecedently unexplored exploit specific to chrome to bypass its “ sandbox”—a restriction designed to cease hackers accessing the rest of a user ’s computer even if they do compromise the browser app . Google security team member Justin Schuh hasconfirmed the taxicab on Twitter .
Simultaneously , at HP ’s Pwn2Own outcome , a certificate firm also hacked Chrome in five second . While all this means that Google can no longer tout Chrome ’s record of withstanding hack , it does intend that the internet browser will get better . As part of the award - break system , all hackers have to disclose full details of their jade — so Google are definitely position to get wind something . [ ZDNet ; Image : Pedro Miguel Sousa / Shutterstock ]
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