IB specialists representing Interrupt Labs became thirds who managed to hack the Samsung Galaxy S22 defense. Researchers managed to attack with an incorrect verification of the input and earned $ 25,000, as it was already the third hacking of the flagship from Samsung.
The first two exploits for 0-day vulnerabilities demonstrated on the first day of the Star Labs team and the participant under the nickname Chim.
The second day of PWN2WON ended that Trend Micro was awarded $ 281,500 for 17 detected errors in various categories. According to the organizers of the event, in the first two days the white hackers received $ 681 250 for 56 unique 0-day vulnerabilities.
On Pwn2own, security researchers attack mobile phones, printers, routers, network storage facilities, smart speakers and other devices. In total, hackers have 66 goals, each of which is updated and has factory settings.
on this pwn2own the largest awards are assigned in the category of mobile phones: for hacking the Google Pixel 6 and Apple iPhone 13 smartphones, you can get up to $ 200,000. In addition, a bonus of $ 50,000 is provided for the development of an exploit, which is performed with nucleus privileges.
Due to the excitement of PWN2WN, Toronto will take 4 days – 26 teams and participants from all over the world took part in the competition.