Google is so confident that its Chrome Web browser can't be hacked that it is willing to put $20,000 cash and a Chrome CR-48 notebook on the line to prove it. At the 2011 Pwn2Own contest, held in conjunction with the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver next month, Google will put its money where its proverbial mouth is.
The Chrome Web browser is the only participating browser with built-in sandbox protection. The sandbox segregates untrusted or potentially malicious scripts so they are unable to impact the core browser, or the underlying PC. Because of the sandbox, it will take some extra effort for an attack against the Chrome Web browser to be considered a success.
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