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Thursday, February 7th, 2013

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    6:35a
    Over $3M in Prizes to Hack Google Chrome

    Google's contest at the CanSecWest conference:

    Today we’re announcing our third Pwnium competition­Pwnium 3. Google Chrome is already featured in the Pwn2Own competition this year, so Pwnium 3 will have a new focus: Chrome OS.

    We’ll issue Pwnium 3 rewards for Chrome OS at the following levels, up to a total of $3.14159 million USD:

    • $110,000: browser or system level compromise in guest mode or as a logged-in user, delivered via a web page.
    • $150,000: compromise with device persistence -- guest to guest with interim reboot, delivered via a web page.

    We believe these larger rewards reflect the additional challenge involved with tackling the security defenses of Chrome OS, compared to traditional operating systems.

    News article.

    12:51p
    Tide Becomes Drug Currency

    Basically, Tide detergent is a popular product with a very small profit margin. So small non-chain grocery and convenience stores are happy to buy it cheaply, no questions asked. This makes it easy to sell if you steal it. And drug dealers have started taking it as currency, large bottles being worth about $5.

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