Category Archives: hacking contest

Microsoft: “Hack” this LLM-powered service and get paid

Posted on by

Microsoft, in collaboration with the Institute of Science and Technology Australia and ETH Zurich, has announced the LLMail-Inject Challenge, a competition to test and improve defenses against prompt injection attacks. The setup and the challenge LLMai… Continue reading Microsoft: “Hack” this LLM-powered service and get paid→

10 tips for creating your security hackathon playbook

Posted on by

For more than 12 years, I’ve been organizing and running hackathons with the goal of finding security vulnerabilities and fixing them before a product hits the market. These events can play a pivotal role in the product development lifecycle, increasin… Continue reading 10 tips for creating your security hackathon playbook→

Attribute-based encryption could spell the end of data compromise

Posted on by

The future of data privacy is the end of compromise. With the world producing data at astounding rates, we need ways to put data to the best use while protecting against breaches and ensuring privacy, data protection and access control. These principle… Continue reading Attribute-based encryption could spell the end of data compromise→

Pwn2Own Tokyo Roundup: Amazon Echo, Routers and Smart TVs Fall to Hackers

Posted on by

The latest edition of the bi-annual hacking contest saw creative exploits in new device categories. Continue reading Pwn2Own Tokyo Roundup: Amazon Echo, Routers and Smart TVs Fall to Hackers→

Hack a Tesla Model 3, get cash and the car

Posted on by

For this year’s edition of the Pwn2Own hacking contest at CanSecWest, Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative has announced a new target category: Automotive. So, aside from striving to hack a variety of virtualization solutions, web browsers, enterpri… Continue reading Hack a Tesla Model 3, get cash and the car→

FTC Issues Public Challenge to Improve IoT Patching

Posted on by

The FTC announced the IoT Home Inspector Challenge, a contest with the goal of coming up with a patching solution fit for consumer-grade connected devices used in the home. Continue reading FTC Issues Public Challenge to Improve IoT Patching→