Neowin News Feed for: Pwn2own

Windows 11, Microsoft Edge, and Exchange hacked at Pwn2Own

Usama Jawad — Fri, 15 May 2026 18:38:01 +0000

Microsoft products and AI apps fell to multiple 0-days at Pwn2Own 2026 as researchers claimed huge cash prizes. Read more...

A security flaw in Synology's Photos App exposes users to Zero-Click Attacks

Fiza Ali — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:46:01 +0000

A critical zero-click vulnerability in Synology's Photos app could expose millions of devices to cyberattacks. Urgent updates are required to protect your data. Read more...

Microsoft Windows 11 fights back at Pwn2Own hackers on Day 2 but still lost some

Sayan Sen — Fri, 20 May 2022 17:48:01 +0000

On Day One of the annual Pwn2Own ethical hacking event, Microsoft's Windows 11 as well as Teams was successfully hacked every time. However, on Day Two, not every attempt ended up in success. Read more...

Windows 11 and Teams got hacked several times during the first day of Pwn2Own 2022

Taras Buria — Thu, 19 May 2022 13:38:01 +0000

During the first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022, participants demonstrated various zero-day exploits and security loopholes in popular Microsoft products, such as Windows 11 and Teams. Read more...

Duo claims top honors during Pwn2Own; secures $375,000 and Tesla Model 3

Timi Cantisano — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 04:42:01 +0000

Amat Cama and Richard Zhu have emerged victorious from Pwn2Own, successfully exposing numerous security vulnerabilities, which allowed them to take home a Tesla Model 3 and $375,000 in prize money. Read more...

Pwn2Own contest finds two more exploits in iPhone 7, Galaxy S8

John Keefer — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 17:04:01 +0000

It has not been a good two days for the iPhone 7 or the Galaxy S8, as security researchers found more ways to break into the two handsets at the competition. The Mate 9 Pro was also breached again. Read more...

iPhone 7 on iOS 11.1 breached three times by security researchers

John Keefer — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 22:04:01 +0000

Trend Micro's annual Pwn2Own contest for security researchers shelled out more than $350,000 in prizes to contestants trying hack the latest mobile devices. The iPhone 7 was hit hard by exploits. Read more...

Microsoft Edge least secure browser in hacking event as Chrome emerges unscathed

Usama Jawad — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:28:02 +0000

At the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, Microsoft Edge emerged as the least secure browser after being hacked at least five times. On the other hand, Google Chrome arose unscathed. Read more...

Google offering $100K bounty for hacking Chromebook remotely

Shreyas Gandhe — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 08:20:01 +0000

Google has updated its Chrome Rewards program with a $100K prize, up from $50K for hackers who can compromise a Chromebook or Chromebox remotely in Guest Mode. Read more...

Security researchers exploit various devices in HP's annual Pwn2Own event

Usama Jawad — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:50:01 +0000

Security researchers, developers and hackers tried their luck in exploiting various devices and OS(s) in HP's annual Pwn2Own event. A prize pool of $425,000 was distributed among the winners. Read more...

Every browser falls at this year's record-setting Pwn2Own

Steven Johns — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 09:20:32 +0000

Pwn2Own inches closer and closer to having a million dollar event payout as the famed competition continues to grow in popularity and participation. Read more...

Latest Patch Tuesday IE10 updates did not fix zero day exploit

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:42:13 +0000

Microsoft's latest security updates for IE10 did not address a zero day exploit that was found over a month ago as part of the Pwn2Own Internet hacking competition. Read more...

Adobe Reader and Flash exploits found at Pwn2Own

John Callaham — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:36:37 +0000

Security programmers found exploits in both the Reader and Flash software made by Adobe as part of their participation in the Pwn2Own competition this week, part of the CanSecWest security conference. Read more...

Internet Explorer 9 flaws found in Pwn2Own event

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:22:20 +0000

A team of French researchers found two zero-day flaws in Internet Explorer 9 this week as part of the CanSecWest Pwn2Own competition. Their attack also works on IE 8 and IE 10 in Windows 8. Read more...

Pwn2own day 2: iPhone 4 successfully hacked

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:05:04 +0000

On the second day of the pwn2own competition in Vancouver B.C., hackers took to their devices and showed off what they have secretly been working on. After a successful first day, where we saw Safari... Read more...

Pwn2own 2011 day 1: Safari and IE8 fall [Update: IE9 fixed]

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:01:42 +0000

At the annual pwn2own competition, where hackers lineup to show off their security-cracking skills on a number of software and hardware devices, both Safari and Internet Explorer 8 were successfully exploited due to a zero-day... Read more...

Google offers $20K bounty for successfully hacking Chrome

Steven Parker — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:12:57 +0000

Pwn2Own, the annual hacking contest, is due to kick off in Vancouver on March 9th and Google are looking to make things interesting by offering $20,000 anyone able to successfully hack their browser. That's $5,000... Read more...

Apple patches Pwn2Own exploit, issues many more bug fixes

giga — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:02:02 +0000

Apple has finally patched and revealed the details of the exploit that Charlie Miller used at Pwn2Own 2010 to gain access to a Macbook running Snow Leopard. Users can download Security Update 2010-003 through Software... Read more...

iPhone hacked via Safari, SMS database stolen

Tom Warren — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:24:40 +0000

The Pwn2Own hacking contest is well under way today and the iPhone has fallen victim to a previously undisclosed Safari flaw. Security researchers Vincenzo Iozzo and Ralf Philipp Weinmann demonstrated hacking into an iPhone by luring... Read more...

Pwn2Own Hacker shares thoughts on Mac and PC security

Sam Symons — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:30:18 +0000

You may remember that the Pwn2Own competition was run recently, designed to reveal hidden security flaws within browsers and operating systems. Charlie Miller, who was one of the competitors in the competition, has come out... Read more...

Third annual Pwn2Own competition closes, conclusions

Sam Symons — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:12:39 +0000

The third annual Pwn2Own competition has wrapped up recently, showing off some interesting events throughout the event. If you've been following the contest at Neowin, you may have seen Microsoft flaunting a very speedy response... Read more...

Pwn2Own: IE8 hacked & Microsoft responds in less than 12hrs

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:01:06 +0000

TippingPoint's 3rd annual Pwn2Own contest has already shown significant security breaches on Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8, but Google's Chrome was the only browser that made it through the first day... Read more...

PWN2OWN: Google's Chrome only browser to withstand day one

Sam Symons — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:19:00 +0000

TippingPoint's PWN2OWN contest has only been around for a short while, but is already very popular for testing the security of certain software and mobile devices. This year has already shown significant security breaches on... Read more...