mwahahaha.
http://reddevnews.com/articles/2011/02/03/google-offers-20000-to-hack-chrome.aspx
Are your hacking skills up to speed?
If I weren’t taking 17 credits this semester I’d actually research this project just for grins & giggles. I’m intrigued. Anyone who knows me IRL knows I adore Chrome.
My boy Christiaan Conover might be up for the challenge LOL
In other news…
I recently learned about the fun & joy of using Wireshark to packet sniff last week. I just now learned about Firesheep and the hazards of packet sniffing in an open Wi-Fi environment (ie, Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, any unsecured network…) – your stuff can potentially be hijacked by an unscrupulous Firesheep script kitty…
which means you can add another line defense if you are using Firefox (which I hate, so I’m actually not worried yet)…
Confused? Initially, I was too. Sorry. Read here.
Okay, back to class. I am about to slog a 5-Hour Energy and buckle down for some TCP/UDP protocol and think about the phở I may nom for lunch later after class.
~Roxy <3′s you!
^_~
Thanks for the shout out! Don’t know that I have the hacking skills to go after Chrome though. If they only give out like $3k for finding major security or stability problems, then a $20,000 prize means the challenge is way outside of my skillset.
In regard to Firesheep & Facebook, take a look here http://cnvr.cc/hGk6HX
I don’t like Chrome. Not after it was discovered that they were tracking everything that Chrome users visit, search for, etc…Privacy is important to me, which is why I almost never use Chrome. Packet sniffing is not something that SSL completely protects you against either. It just helps.
I have downloaded the source code for Chrome and I’m going to start pulling it apart…who knows what I’ll find? haha! Thanks for the article!
Here’s an article I wrote a couple of years ago that shows you how to tunnel all of your browser traffic through an SSH connection. It’s an old school quick security hack.
http://www.techremedy.net/blog/encrypt-browser-traffic-on-a-public-wifi/
I use an SSH tunnel whenever I’m not on a network I trust, and by that I mean any network I haven’t architected & don’t manage myself. Those three magical words will go a long way in protecting yourself: Trust No One.
“constant vigilance”- Mad Eye Moody