Ο Geohot, is a hacker who became famous for jailbreaking Apple's iOS. Apparently the hacker has other interests except Apple's mobile operating system. At Pwn2Own 2014, he proved his skills once again after winning $150.000 from Google for vulnerabilities he discovered in Chrome OS.
Geohot and the VUPEN team managed to win the biggest amounts in the hacker contest, Pwn2Own.
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Η Google he says
Security Fixes and Rewards
Congratulations to geohot for an epic Pwnium competition win. Pinkie Pie provided a fascinating set of vulnerabilities that will be rewarded through the Chrome VRP program. Moreover, one of the bugs exploited by VUPEN on Pwn2Own affected Chrome OS.
Congratulations to Geohot for the epic. Pinkie Pie gave us an exciting set of vulnerabilities that will be rewarded through Chrome VRP. In addition, one of the exploits of VUPEN for Pwn2Own that affects Chrome OS will be rewarded.
Below are all Chrome OS vulnerabilities that Google has rewarded for
- [$TBD] [352492] Sandboxed code execution and OOB write kernel. Credit to Pinkie Pie.
- [352374] High CVE-2014-1713: Use-after-free in Blink Bindings. Credit to VUPEN.