The pwn2own hacking contest began on March 15.
The pwn2own hacking contest saw some major hacks and awards worth $233,000 in Prize money.
Well, this years Pwn2Own hacking contest also marks the 10th year of this hacking competition.
Pwn2Own is such competition where White hat hackers are invited to defeat any software or hardware.
The previous year we saw Hackers winning $215,000 forhacking iPhone 6S and Nexus 6P.
Well, in 2017 Pwn2Own hacking contest began on March 15.
Well, this years Pwn2Own hacking contest also marks the 10th year of this hacking competition.
Ubuntu Linux 16.10 along with Microsoft Edge, Adobe Reader, and Apple safari was hacked in the competition.
The hacker team combined different vulnerabilities resulting in arbitrary code execution as root on Apples MacOS.
Tencent Securitys Team earned $80,000 for attacking Microsoft Edge.
The team used an arbitrary write in Chakra Core and used the second bug to escape the browsers sandbox.
Well, even the open source Linux desktop was hacked by Chaitin Security Research Lab.
Researchers demonstrated a kernel privilege escalation on Ubuntu Desktop that earned them $15,000.
If you want to read more about Trend Micros Zero Day Initiative and Pwn2Own 2017 contest, clickhere.
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