Vista contest offers cash for exploits

A US security firm is offering up to US$72,000 in bounties for the development of working exploits for Microsoft's Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7.

IDefense has launched its latest Quarterly Vulnerability Challenge which offers researchers up to US$8,000 for reporting a working vulnerability allowing for remote code execution.

An additional US$2,000 to US$4,000 is available if the researcher can also deliver a working exploit.

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