The Pwnium competition run by Google and a security Researcher Sergey Glazunov from Russia earned $60,000.
Glazunov hacked into fully-patched Windows 7 machine (64-bit) by exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability in
Google’s Chrome web browser. His hack is qualified as a “Full Chrome” exploit, qualifying for a $60k reward.
This remote code execution vulnerability could be utilised by malicous hackers and cyber-criminals to take control of a user’s computer after persuading them to visit a rogue web link. This competition was performed by Google as to make the google more secure and to check the vernablity.
Sundar Pichai SVP of Chrome and Apps at Google said : “We’re working fast on a fix that we’ll push via auto-update. This is exciting; we launched Pwnium this
year to encourage the security community to submit exploits for us to help make the web safer. We look forward to
any additional submissions to make Chrome even stronger for our users.”
Glazunov hacked into fully-patched Windows 7 machine (64-bit) by exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability in
Google’s Chrome web browser. His hack is qualified as a “Full Chrome” exploit, qualifying for a $60k reward.
This remote code execution vulnerability could be utilised by malicous hackers and cyber-criminals to take control of a user’s computer after persuading them to visit a rogue web link. This competition was performed by Google as to make the google more secure and to check the vernablity.
Sundar Pichai SVP of Chrome and Apps at Google said : “We’re working fast on a fix that we’ll push via auto-update. This is exciting; we launched Pwnium this
year to encourage the security community to submit exploits for us to help make the web safer. We look forward to
any additional submissions to make Chrome even stronger for our users.”
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