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Three-time Pwn2Own winner knocks hacking contest rules

Pwn2Own hacking contest pits researchers against four browsers, four smartphones. The first researcher to hack Firefox, IE or Safari, or each of the smartphones, wins a cash prize of $15,000. Charlie Miller, an analyst for the Baltimore-based consulting firm Independent Security Evaluators, is upset. Organizers defend the contest’s rules, saying it encourages researchers to “weaponize” exploits. Miller: “There’s no way I’m gonna show my exploit if someone wins ahead of me””]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2127341/three-time-pwn2own-winner-knocks-hacking-contest-rules.html

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