Pwn2Own, the annual hacker competition held for the 3rd year running will be held at the CanSecWest Security Conference on Marth 16-20th in Vancouver BC. Sponsored by 3Com’s TippingPoint unit, the contest will target two sets of technologies: mobile devices and web browsers.

For the first track, it will present contestants with fully patched iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile phones in their default configuration and they would have to submit exploits that uses general actions a normal user would take while using the device. Cash prizes amounted to $10,000 for those who can break into the mobile devices.

For the second track, contestants would have to take a shot at web browsers (IE8, Firefox, Chrome) installed on a Sony Vaio running Windows 7 as well as Safari and Firefox installed on a Macbook runnig Mac OS X. All browsers will also be fully patched. Cash prizes amounted to $5,000 for those who can track a malicious bug.

So if you are good in hacking and wants to take a chance in participating in this competition, you can choose any of the track or both and must generally prove successful code execution. A rule though states that each contestant can only win one prize. For more details head over to TippingPoint website for rules, regulations and details.

Source: TippingPoint