Hackers and Security Systems

Have you ever imagined tech companies paying Hackers to invade their systems? This happened in Tokyo on November 12th and 13th, the Pwn20wn 2014: A recap. It is an event organized by Hewlettt Packard (HP), to stimulate the development of new methods of software’s security against Hackers attacks. The most interesting part is how this kind of event works.

      The organizer of the event, in that case HP, invites hackers around the world for a kind of competition. Hackers form teams, and the organizer gives them the challenge of searching for bugs in its system and in the system of partners enterprises. The team that achieves the goal in less time wins. In the article ”Hackers exploit NFC phone payment technology” from BBC News, the author says that the Near Field Communication (NFC) payment systems, were invaded by seven hacker teams on the first day of the Pwn20wn meeting. “Details of the vulnerabilities have now been shared with the makers of the handsets so that the bugs can be patched and fixed.” Said the author.

      Technology has helped a lot to facilitate people’s life in different ways. There are software devices and apps that provide activities of all types. Nowadays, to make a transaction in the bank account for example, just some touches on the smartphone, and it is done. Therefore, companies like HP have to offer safety products to their clients, also events like Pwn20wn are great opportunities to improve products quality. The reason for this is in the same way that these good hackers got to invade NFC, bad hackers are invading other systems and making money.