Google on Monday patched 10 vulnerabilities in Chrome, just two days before the start of Pwn2Own, a hacking contest that has $100,000 in prize money waiting for the first researcher to crack the browser.
In an update Monday for the Windows and Linux versions—Google patched the OS X edition on Friday—the company fixed 10 flaws, six of them marked as “high,” the second-most-serious threat ranking. Of the remaining bugs, three were pegged as “medium” and one as “low.”
Monday’s patches follow a larger batch issued Feb. 21, and further harden Chrome as it faces Pwn2Own, the hacking challenge that kicks off March 6 at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Google has contributed money to Pwn2Own’s prize pool, which includes a $100,000 award to the first researcher who hacks the current version of Chrome on Windows 7.
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