The competence of hackers is tested in a hacking competition. For hackers who win the challenge given, deserves prizes to US $10,000.
This year, the annual contest, titled Pwn2Own is challenging hackers to exploit the mobile-phones that run the Android operating system, Symbian, and Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry and iPhone.
The participant who successfully exploits to attack emails, SMS, website browsing, deserves to bring home the prize of US $10,000. All devices have been patched before.
In the second competition, hackers are demanded showing their best ability in attcking the web browsers. IE 8 browser, Firefox, and Google Chrome will be installed in a Sony Vaio running on Windows 7, while Safari and Firefox will be installed on the MacBook with OS X.
For every bug which is successfully exploited, the contestant will be granted US $5000.
This contest is the third time held and will take place in Vancouver, BC, Canada on 18-20 March.
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