The Pwnium hacking contest Google it is organized every year for one day at a conference security. But the company is thinking not only to establish the competition for the whole year but also to finance it indefinitely. But the good news doesn't stop there.
The competition was held annually at the Security Conference CanSecWest in Vancouver, Canada, and allowed them to hackers to showcase their work on Chromium and receive some prize money.
In 2014, the prize was $1.000.000. However, participants had to register and be present at the conference in order to take part in the competition. This practically ruled out hundreds if not thousands researchers, as not everyone could afford or have the time to be in Canada.
According to Google's new decision, this is no longer the case, and thus security researchers from all over the world will be able to claim the prize, without being limited by a registration process, or a remote taxid.
Vulnerabilities can be reported through the company's Chrome Vulnerability Program (VRP).
"For those who are wondering how much Pwnium can reward, do not worry about numbers: from today it will be infinite millions of dollars," said Tim Willis of the Chrome Security Team.
So with company changes, hackers will be able to report their findings throughout the year.
According to the Chromium security news, the company opens its doors to researchers around the world. A very smart move from Google that demonstrates how much it invests in security while rewarding security researchers when they call them Crackers in Greece.
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