Hackers get $1,047,000 for 76 zero-days at Pwn2Own Automotive 2026

Pwn2Own Automotive 2026 has ended with security researchers earning $1,047,000 after exploiting 76 zero-day vulnerabilities ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Top cybersecurity students across the globe face-off at RIT’s pentesting competition

The Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition brings together the best offense-based cybersecurity students in the world.
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Hacking contest kerfuffle over copied rules pits Wiz against ZDI

'Seems like you should at least run that through ChatGPT to reword it' A new hacking contest has caused a social media kerfuffle over allegations of rule copying and plagiarism.… Wiz, the ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers exploit 16 zero-days on first day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025

On the first day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025, security researchers exploited 16 unique zero-days and collected $382,750 in cash awards. Fuzzware.io is leading the competition after hacking the Autel ...
Morningstar

Carnegie Mellon’s Hacking Team Wins Fourth Straight, Record Ninth Overall DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title

The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon University’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its fourth consecutive title, earning its ninth victory ...
Forbes

VMware Hacked As $150,000 Zero-Day Exploit Dropped

Pwn2Own hackers use $150,000 exploit on VMware ESXi. The elite hackers attending Pwn2Own in Berlin have made hacking history by successfully deploying a zero-day exploit against VMware ESXi. Having ...