Hack Opera on Hack2own!

Browser hacking competitions rightly enjoy increased public interest - for someone it is a chance to make sure that the choice of the most secure browser for everyday work was correct, for someone the results of the competition give arguments for browser-based wars, and someone modestly receives an impressive cash prize for the vulnerability found in the browser. Unfortunately, for unknown reasons, the organizers of such contests have so far not considered Opera as an object of hacking, but this misunderstanding will be corrected in the next few days.

We are pleased to announce that now everyone can try to hack Opera and get a well-deserved award at the Hack2own competition, which will be held in Moscow on May 30 and 31 within the framework of the Positive Technologies international organization on practical security. Competitors will have the opportunity to test popular browsers for strength in a frontal attack, as well as using plug-in gaps.

Hack2own competition for hacking browsers will consist of three stages.
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In the first round, participants will try to exploit vulnerabilities in the latest stable versions of popular browsers Google Chrome 19.0.1084, Opera 11.64, Mozilla Firefox 12 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.

In the second round, you can try your hand at earlier versions of Google Chrome 16/17/18/19 browsers, Opera 11.64 / 11.60, Mozilla Firefox 10/11/12, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9 and Apple Safari 5.0 / 5.1.1 /5.1.2.

In the third round, the use of the latest versions of typical third-party components for browsers is allowed: Adobe Flash Player (11.2.202.235), Adobe Reader (10.1.3), Java (7 update 4). The list of browsers is identical to that in the second round.

For the victory in each round, cash rewards are assigned:

For the victory in the first round - 137,000 rubles .

For the victory in the second round - 75,137 rubles .

For the victory in the third round - 50,137 rubles .

Pre-registered specialists are admitted to the competition. Applications are accepted at phdcontests@ptsecurity.ru (the end date of registration is May 28, 2012). In addition to browsers, the Hack2own competition will also include contests for hacking mobile devices and operating systems. Detailed rules for participation can be found on the official page of the contest .

We are waiting for your applications for participation in the contest, and for viewers we recommend to subscribe to the online broadcast from the forum - it will be interesting, you will not regret.