Google has always been throwing challenges to the hackers and other developers to find holes in the Chrome browser and this year, it is happening again. The Search engine giant has opened doors for the hackers to find exploits in Google’s flagship browser, Google Chrome. This year, the reward is pretty big and Google would offer you $1 million on successfully finding an exploit in Chrome.
The company would sponsor this challenge at CanSecWest security Conference in Vancouver, which is taking place from March 7th-9th. These challenges would help Google build a very secure browser for the consumers. The Chrome has already lifted the flag pushing away Firefox and other major browsers in a very short period of time. And with these challenges, the browser is expected to become powerful than ever.
Here’s the challenge Google has thrown to the hackers and devs:
$60,000 – “Full Chrome exploit”: Chrome / Win7 local OS user account persistence using only bugs in Chrome itself.
$40,000 – “Partial Chrome exploit”: Chrome / Win7 local OS user account persistence using at least one bug in Chrome itself, plus other bugs. For example, a WebKit bug combined with a Windows sandbox bug.
$20,000 – “Consolation reward, Flash / Windows / other”: Chrome / Win7 local OS user account persistence that does not use bugs in Chrome. For example, bugs in one or more of Flash, Windows or a driver. These exploits are not specific to Chrome and will be a threat to users of any web browser. Although not specifically Chrome’s issue, we’ve decided to offer consolation prizes because these findings still help us toward our mission of making the entire web safer.
Via: Google Chrome Blog