Researchers earn thousands for exposing mobile device exploits at Pwn2Own
Security researchers competing in the Pwn2Own competition in Tokyo this week earned a collective $325,000 for demonstrating new exploits on devices made by Samsung, Xiaomi, and Apple. Pwn2Own, a series of contests run by the Zero Day Initiative, brings security researchers to compete to expose the most vulnerabilities in popular software and devices. The competition in Tokyo on Tuesday and Wednesday focused on mobile devices. Researchers showed off an array of different methods in which the devices could be compromised, according to blogs posted by the Zero Day Initiative. Among their conquests, a duo of hackers known as Fluoroacetate used near-field communication to force the Xiaomi Mi6 phone to a custom website. They then executed code on a Samsung Galaxy S9 using a baseband vulnerability, and successfully exfiltrated a deleted picture from an iPhone X. A team of researchers from MWR Labs, division of F-Secure, used a string of different bugs to force the Xiaomi Mi6 and […]
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