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By Waqas
Tianfu Cup is a version of the Pwn2own in which hackers managed to hack iPhone 13 through a vulnerability in the Safari mobile browser.
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Countless Western Digital customers saw their MyBook Live network storage drives remotely wiped in the past month thanks to a bug in a product line the company stopped supporting in 2015, as well as a previously unknown zero-day flaw. But there is a similarly serious zero-day flaw present in a much broader range of newer Western Digital MyCloud network storage devices that will remain unfixed for many customers who can’t or won’t upgrade to the latest operating system. Continue reading Another 0-Day Looms for Many Western Digital Users
New episode – listen now! Continue reading S3 Ep28: Pwn2Own hacks, dark web hitmen and COVID-19 privacy [Podcast]
By Deeba Ahmed
The issue was demonstrated at the Pwn2Own 2021 hacking contest in which researchers won $100,000 for exploiting this flaw in Chrome and Edge.
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Two lucky winners scooped $200k for just 20 minutes’ work – if you don’t count the days, weeks and months of meticulous effort beforehand Continue reading Pwn2Own 2021: Zoom, Teams, Exchange, Chrome and Edge “fully owned”
By Waqas
This year, Pwn2Own will have an automotive category as well, mainly for hacking Tesla cars. Participants will be offered $600,000 and a vehicle.
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Among all the ways COVID-19 has affected the cybersecurity world, perhaps nothing is more impossible than live hacking events, which were once a staple of the industry. The coronavirus forced bug bounty company HackerOne and Verizon Media into hosting two online hacking events together since the outbreak, and they recently completed what they billed as the world’s largest live hacking contest. Live hacking events, whether virtual or in-person, give companies a chance to lure ethical hackers to find their security flaws before the attackers do, and can serve as recruiting opportunities for corporate positions, too. What made the most recent competition stand out was its massive size, and what the experiment could mean for the rest of the bug bounty community. The HackerOne/Verizon Media duo wasn’t the first to move live hacking events online. Pwn2Own made a similar transition in March. With more than 3,000 people from 59 countries registering […]
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Continue reading HackerOne, Verizon weigh pros and cons of making live hacking contests virtual
Cybersecurity researchers Brian Gorenc and Dustin Childs talk about the biggest vulnerability disclosure challenges in IoT and the industrial vertical. Continue reading Vulnerability Disclosure: Ethical Hackers Seek Best Practices
Hacking contest goes virtual with participants remotely winning $295k in prizes for taking down Adobe Reader Windows 10 and macOS. Continue reading Defying Covid-19’s Pall: Pwn2Own Goes Virtual
Threatpost editors discuss this week’s top news stories from COVID-19 themed malware attacks to Pwn2Own updates. Continue reading News Wrap, Coronavirus Edition: WFH Security Woes, Pwn2Own