Netgear moves to plug vulnerability in routers after researchers find zero-day The findings underscore the challenge of improving security in a market that prizes cheap and functional networking equipment. Jun 17, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
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
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
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 Model 3 / Tesla) 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
(Getty Images) 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
Richard Zhu at Pwn2Own 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
(Getty Images) Researchers find zero-day exploit discovered on DirecTV hardware Despite being told six months ago, Linksys has yet to fix a zero-day found by Trend Micro researchers. Dec 13, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill