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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

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

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