Pinkie Pie pwns Google’s Pwnium 2 challenge
Security researcher Pinkie Pie nets US$60,000 for Chrome take advantage of Google says a patch ultimate the take advantage of become released much less than 10 hours after Pwnium 2 concluded WHEN a submission for Pwnium 2 got here in, Chris Evans (p.c) , who leads the Chrome safety team, was status on the Google booth with a pal who works at Adobe. “The idea in his head turned into ‘please don’t permit it be Flash’,” said Evans, talking over the past convention slot at the final day of the HITB Security Conference hosted at Intercontinental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. It wasn’t Flash, however it became certainly a valid make the most with the aid of returning ‘pwner’ Pinkie Pie. The exploit was confirmed at nighttime (Oct nine) by way of Google’s domestic crew again within the United States. “Since this take advantage of depends absolutely on bugs within Chrome to attain code execution, it qualifies for our highest award level as a ‘full Chrome exploit’ a US$60,000 prize and unf...