It used to be a once-a-year event. But bug hunters should be a happy lot now because Google has decided to ditch its Pwnium event in favor of its Chrome’s vulnerability submission to be available the whole year around. Starting today, instead of applying for a Pwnium event, researchers can now submit bug finds to the Chrome Vulnerability Reward Program. There are certain rules, of course, they need to follow.
Google ditches Pwnium hacking contest in favour of year-round prize of … – ZDNet
http://news.google.com Feb 25, 2015
Starting today, Pwnium will change its scope significantly, from a single-day competition held once a year at a security conference to a year round, worldwide opposite …
Google scraps annual Pwnium bug-hunting contest for year-round rewards – PCWorld
http://news.google.com Feb 25, 2015
But Tim Willis of the Chrome Security Team wrote in a blog post that the annual event isn’t best for either researchers or the company. “If a security researcher …
Google is going to pay hackers ‘infinity million’ dollars to find security … – Business Insider
http://news.google.com Feb 25, 2015
Google has announced that it is expanding its “Pwnium” program, which lets security researchers uncover flaws in Google Chrome and report the …
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