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First $1,337 Prize Given Out by Chromium Team

Posted on 19. Mar, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey in News

As mentioned previously, the Chromium team is giving out cash awards to researchers who are able to find vulnerabilities in the browser’s software. While most awards given out are in the $500 range, there is another tier for those who are able to find very serious flaw. Finally, someone has won the top award, getting $1,337 from Google for finding what must be a serious exploit. Although we cannot see what the flaw is because not all browsers have been updated, I’m Sergey Glazunov, who won the award, is happy to be receiving some recognition since most of the time these folks don’t get the appreciation that they deserve.

This is coming at a good time, and there is no doubt that the recent rash of updates to Chrome’s stable build has to do with the upcoming Pwn2Own contest which pits hackers against browsers and operating systems in a contest to see who can compromise a system the fastest. Charlie Miller, one of the past winners, has gone on record to say that he thinks Google Chrome is one of the most secure browsers along with Windows 7 being the most secure operating system.

Although it appears that smartphone operating systems will be a big focus of the year’s Pwn2Own, it will still be interesting to see which browsers are the most secure. Computerworld is predicting that Chrome will last the longest which is a promising sign and shows how much effort has been put into a browser that has only been around since 2008.

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Tags: browser flaws, Charlie Miller, Chromium, Computerworld, Pwn2Own, security, Windows 7