The team fluoroacetate managed to hack quickly into the competition Pwn2Own products of large companies such as Amazon, Samsung, Xiaomi and Sony.
ΑThis two-person team managed to win a total of $ 375.000 and 18.5 Master of Pwn points from the competition.
What Is Pwn2Own?
For those who do not know, Pwn2Own is a competition in which teams of white-hat hackers take part in a series of products that are used by many people in terms of both hardware and software to detect vulnerabilities. At the end of the competition, the companies are immediately informed about the bugs and exploits that were used to carry out the attack.
Sony
The team, consisting of Amat Cama and Richard Zhu, started with Sony smart TV, X800G, and using JavaScript OOB Read bug took advantage of the built-in browser to take control of the device.
Amazon
Then they got an Echo Show 5 and through overflow of integers with the help of JavaScript they managed to quickly drop the defenses of the Amazon product.
Samsung and Xiaomi
In the following hours Fluoroacetate managed to get into many other products like Samsumg Q60 smarttv, Galaxy S10 and Xiaomi smartphone, My 9.
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