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pwn2own Vancouver 2019 day 2 — Richard Zhu, center, and Amat Cama, standing to Zhu’s left, demonstrate their Firefox exploit at the Pwn2Own conference in March 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Pwn2Own)

HackerOne, Verizon Media weigh pros and cons of making live hacking contests virtual

The good thing about it was that it was big. The bad thing about it? That it was big.

Dec 14, 2020 By Tim Starks

Apple MacBook dongles — (Blake Patterson / Flickr)

Pwn2Own hackers go remote, then crack macOS and Oracle machines anyway

One team used the calculator app in a macOS as an entrypoint into taking over an entire machine.

Mar 20, 2020 By Jeff Stone

A power plant in Redondo Beach, California. (Bruce Evans / Flickr)

Pwn2Own hacking competition expands to industrial control systems

This is a “radical concept" for ICS vendors, one organizer said.

Oct 28, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas

Tesla hacked — The winning team got to keep the Model 3 it hacked. (Tesla)

Tesla Model 3’s onboard browser attacked successfully at Pwn2Own

Team "Flouroacetate" — aka Amat Cama and Richard Zhu — used the Tesla hack to cap off a dominant run in the competition.

Mar 24, 2019 By Joe Warminsky

Pwn2Own 2019 day two — Richard Zhu, in plaid shirt, and Amat Cama, right, watch as they compete in the 2019 Pwn2Own contest with a zero-day exploit against the Microsoft Edge web browser. (Zero Day Initiative / Twitter)

Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge succumb in web browser competition at Pwn2Own

The second day of Pwn2Own 2019 featured more successful attacks from the "Flouroacetate" team of Amat Cama and Richard Zhu.

Mar 22, 2019 By Joe Warminsky

Pwn2Own 2019 day 1 Flouroacetate — Richard Zhu, left, and Amat Cama celebrate one of their successes on the first day of the 2019 Pwn2Own competition in Vancouver. (Zero Day Initiative / YouTube)

Apple, Oracle, VMware products successfully hacked at Pwn2Own

Thursday's slate of demonstrations includes more attacks against web browsers — this time, it's Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

Mar 21, 2019 By Joe Warminsky

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

The hacker competition added an automotive category for its upcoming event in Vancouver, with the full blessing of the car company. One winning researcher will be able…

Jan 14, 2019 By Zaid Shoorbajee

Researchers earn thousands for exposing mobile device exploits at Pwn2Own

The competition exposed bugs in mobile devices made by Apple, Samsung and Xiaomi. Hackers went home with thousands of dollars and some sweet jackets.

Nov 14, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee

Alex Plaskett (AlaxJPlaskett), Georgi Geshev (munmap), Fabi Beterke (pwnfl4k3s) targeting Apple Safari with a sandbox escape at Pwn2Own 2018

Hackers beat Firefox and Safari to earn $105K at Pwn2Own

Chinese contestants from major companies had been dominating the contest in recent years, but new regulations from Beijing prohibited them from joining this year's fray.

Mar 16, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill

Safari, Microsoft Edge exploits earn hackers $162k at Pwn2Own

The exploits, and money, are flying in Vancouver.

Mar 14, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill