Security News > 2011 > February > Familiar faces, new names step up at Pwn2Own hacking contest
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211402/Familiar_faces_new_names_step_up_at_Pwn2Own_hacking_contest By Gregg Keizer Computerworld February 25, 2011 The Pwn2Own hacking contest next month will feature its largest-ever crew of contestants, including past winners, a French security firm armed with a bagful of bugs and an iPhone jailbreak expert who has been sued by Sony. "The major difference this year is the sheer number of interested parties," said Aaron Portnoy, manager of TippingPoint's security research team. "Either the contest is becoming more popular or more people are comfortable exploiting mobile devices this year." TippingPoint is again sponsoring Pwn2Own, a hacking challenge now in its fifth year. The contest will kick off March 9 at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Eleven individuals or teams have registered for Pwn2Own, which will pit the researchers against four Web browsers -- Apple's Safari, Google's Chrome, Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) and Mozilla's Firefox -- as well as against smartphones running Apple's iOS, Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows 7 Phone and RIM's BlackBerry OS. The cash prizes for this year's Pwn2Own total $125,000, also a record. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/