Pwn2Own 2012 Set to Deliver More Browser Vulns

Over the last several years, the Pwn2Own hacking challenge has become known as the place where browsers get hacked, sometimes within just a matter of minutes. This year, the event's organizers at HP TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) are looking to project a more serious demeanor and downplay the sensational nature of the contest -- even as they change the rules in an effort to demonstrate a record number of exploited security vulnerabilities.
"In the past, due to the way the competition was architected, we had lots of sensationalist headlines, things like 'Mac hacked in three seconds'," said Aaron Portnoy, Manager of the Security Research Team at HP TippingPoint, in a conversation with