When it comes to hacking there are two types of hackers, Black Hat and White Hat. Black Hat hackers are those who do unauthorized stuff like computer virus, cracking passwords etc. White Hat Hackers or Ethical Hackers are computer security experts who try to know the security loopholes in a software and carry out various other tests on a software or an internet app.
Official sponsored Hacking contests are not so common. If you are a White Hat Hacker, then just be aware that there’s hacking contest scheduled next month where you will have to exploit the vulnerabilities of the most popular browsers – Firefox, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer.
All such security events and contests are a part of CanSecWest conference which is going to take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada between 16-20 March, 2009.
Just be a little pro-active and keep watching the agenda for the famous Pwn2Own competition. This year there will be 2 Pwn2Own competition. One will be for Browsers ( IE8, Safari, Opera, Firefox ) and the other will be for Mobile operating system (Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian and RIM ).
Prizes
Out of so many attractive prizes, one of the prize would be Sony VAIO P series Laptop running Windows 7 which will be one of the platform for the test too.
If you are a group of White Hackers, then you can register for the conference here. The conference is held every year during this time, so you can also prepare yourself for the next year’s event.
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