Tianfu Cup hacked iOS, Windows 10, Galaxy S20, Chrome, Safari, Firefox

Many of today's top programs were violated using new exploits in this year's edition of the Tianfu Cup - China's largest and most famous hacking competition.

The third Tianfu Cup took place in Chengdu, central China, and ended earlier today.

Successes confirmed:

iOS 14 running on an iPhone 11 Pro
Samsung Galaxy S20
Windows 10 v2004 (April 2020 )
Ubuntu
Chrome
Safari

Adobe PDF Reader
Docker (Community Edition)
VMWare EXSi ()
QEMU ( & virtualizer)
TP-Link and ASUS router firmware

Fifteen Chinese hacker teams participated in this year's . Contestants had three attempts of five minutes each to breach a selected target with an original exploit.

For each successful attack, the researchers had monetary benefits depending on the difficulty, the target they chose, and the type of vulnerability.

All exploits were reported to the software providers, according to the rules of the contest, but also according to the rules of the most famous contest hacking that has been taking place in the West since the late 2000s.

Οι ενημερωμένες εκδόσεις για όλα τα σφάλματα που παρουσιάστηκαν κατά τη διάρκεια του Σαββατοκύριακου θα κυκλοφορήσουν τις επόμενες μέρες και εβδομάδες, όπως συμβαίνει συνήθως μετά από κάθε Tianfu Cup και Pwn2Own.

Just like last year, the winning team was from the Chinese company Qihoo 360. The winning team is called the "360 Enterprise Security and Government and (ESG) Vulnerability Research Institute," and won almost two-thirds of all awards. That means $ 744.500 of the $ 1.210.000 awarded this year

AntFinancial Lightyear Security Lab and security researcher Pang were ranked second and third, respectively.

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