Security News

Chain of 11 Bugs Takes Down Galaxy S8 at Mobile Pwn2Own
2017-11-02 17:35

Researchers from MWR Labs used 11 vulnerabilities across six different mobile applications to execute code on a Samsung Galaxy S8 at Mobile Pwn2Own.

Samsung, Apple, Huawei Phones Hacked at Mobile Pwn2Own
2017-11-01 11:44

Researchers have managed to hack the Samsung Galaxy S8, the iPhone 7 and the Huawei Mate 9 Pro on the first day of the Mobile Pwn2Own 2017 competition taking place alongside the PacSec conference...

Over $500,000 Up For Grabs at Mobile Pwn2Own 2017 Hacking Competition (Security Week)
2017-08-29 18:06

Trend Micro this week said that it will offer over $500,000 in cash prizes at Zero Day Initiative’s Mobile Pwn2Own contest, set to take place Nov. 1-2, during the PacSec 2017 Conference in Tokyo,...

Apple Patches Pwn2Own Vulnerabilities in Safari, macOS, iOS (Threatpost)
2017-05-16 17:56

Apple fixed 66 vulnerabilities - many found at March's Pwn2Own competition - across seven product lines, including Safari, iTunes, macOS, and iOS, on Monday.

VMware Patches Pwn2Own VM Escape Vulnerabilities (Threatpost)
2017-03-29 16:00

VMware patched vulnerabilities uncovered earlier this month at Pwn2Own that could have let an attacker execute code on the VMware Workstation and carry out a virtual machine escape.