Hewlett-Packard’s TippingPoint announced the prize fund for Pwn2Own 2013 back on the 17th of January. And this time around the amount on offer exceeds half a million US dollars based on the following categories:
Web Browser
Google Chrome on Windows 7 ($100,000)
Microsoft Internet Explorer, either
IE 10 on Windows 8 ($100,000), or
IE 9 on Windows 7 ($75,000)
Mozilla Firefox on Windows 7 ($60,000)
Apple Safari on OS X Mountain Lion ($65,000)
Web Browser Plug-ins using Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7
Adobe Reader XI ($70,000)
Adobe Flash ($70,000)
Oracle Java ($20,000)
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