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Apple, Oracle, VMware products successfully hacked at Pwn2Own

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The white-hat hacking team of Amat Cama and Richard Zhu, together known as “Flouroacetate,” took home the majority of the prize money available on the first day of this year’s Pwn2Own competition in Vancouver, demonstrating zero-day exploits against Apple’s Safari browser as well as virtualization software from Oracle and VMware. Other winners on Wednesday included “anhdaden,” also known as Phạm Hồng Phi of Singapore-based cybersecurity company STAR Labs, who targeted the Oracle software; and the phoenhex & qwerty team — Bruno Keith, Niklas Baumstark and Luca Todesco — which targeted Safari. Flouracetate won $160,000 total, while anhdaden earned $35,000 and phoenhex & qwerty claimed $45,000 in prize money. Confirmed! @fluoroacetate leveraged a race condition leading to an out-of-bounds write to escalate from a #VMware client to execute code on the host OS. The effort brings them another $70,000 and 7 more Master of Pwn points. Their Day 1 total is $160,000 […]

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Tesla, Hacking Cranes, & Flash – Hack Naked News #203

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    US Government Shutdown leaves dozens of .Gov sites vulnerable, Firefox 69 to disable Adobe Flash, an Unpatched vCard flaw could leave your PCs open to attackers, Tesla’s contest Pwn2Own could win you a Model 3, and how building site cranes ar… Continue reading Tesla, Hacking Cranes, & Flash – Hack Naked News #203→

Bug bounty: Hack Tesla Model 3 to win your own Model 3

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Tesla is partnering with Pwn2Own’s bug bounty to identify vulnerabilities in its Model 3 car software. Electric car maker Tesla announced recently that the company is partnering with Pwn2Own hacking contest organizers in order to help th… Continue reading Bug bounty: Hack Tesla Model 3 to win your own Model 3→

Hack a Tesla Model 3, get cash and the car

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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→

Tesla’s Model 3 is a big target at the next Pwn2Own

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The hacking competition Pwn2Own is adding an automotive category to its March event in Vancouver, and participants will be able to take a crack at one of Tesla’s top models. The additional category is the result of a new partnership with Tesla, according to Japanese cybersecurity company Trend Micro, which runs Pwn2Own via the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). The contest features live demonstrations of previously unknown security exploits, with hackers winning cash prizes for successfully showing off new zero days. Contestants in the automotive competition will focus on the Tesla Model 3, one of the best-selling luxury cars in the past year, Trend Micro said. In addition to cash prizes, one of the cars is also up for grabs for the “first successful researcher,” ZDI said. “Since 2007, Pwn2Own has become an industry-leading contest that encourages new areas of vulnerability research on today’s most critical platforms,” said Brian Gorenc, Trend Micro senior director of vulnerability research, in […]

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Galaxy S9, iPhone X, Xiaomi Mi6 Devices Hacked at Pwn2Own Contest

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Two teams of hackers managed to break into the iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S9 and Xiaomi Mi6 mobile devices at the mobile Pwn2Own contest held in Tokyo this week by using multiple types of exploits—moves that earned them more than $300,000. The first day… Continue reading Galaxy S9, iPhone X, Xiaomi Mi6 Devices Hacked at Pwn2Own Contest→

iPhone X, Xiaomi Mi 6 & Samsung Galaxy S9 hacked at Pwn2Own

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White hat hackers and IT security researchers have once again proved their elite skills at Pwn2Own 2018 after exposing critical security vulnerabilities in products developed by popular vendors like Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi. Pwn2Own is organ… Continue reading iPhone X, Xiaomi Mi 6 & Samsung Galaxy S9 hacked at Pwn2Own→