In this year's contest, 2 Viettel experts successfully achieved the Escalation of Privilege on Microsoft Windows 11. Joining the challenge with Viettel experts were 20 other top hackers in the world, from famous IT companies such as STAR Labs, Sea Security, …

This is the third time that Viettel security experts have been named as winners at this contest. Earlier, the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2020, witnessed two hackers from Viettel, successfully manipulating Samsung and Sony SmartTVs, and at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2021, 2 other experts also detected vulnerabilities on Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Exchange Server.

Two hackers honored at Pwn2Own 2022 were Dao Trong Nghia (1998), one of the cyber security experts who has discovered more than 12 important vulnerabilities on Microsoft Windows, whose second time honored at a Pwn2Own contest; and Tran Huu Phuc Vinh (2000), one of the talented young hacker, participating in the competition for the first time.

Currently, Viettel Cyber ​​Security has more than 400 hundred highly qualified experts, including 30 hackers, recognized in global cybersecurity rankings by prestigious organizations such as Microsoft, Bugcrowd, Google, etc.

Pwn2Own is a world-leading computer hacking contest, sponsored by TrendMicro and held by Zero Day Initiative first time in April 2007. Contestants are challenged to exploit widely used software and mobile devices with previously unknown vulnerabilities. The Pwn2Own contest serves to demonstrate the vulnerability of devices and software in widespread use while also providing a checkpoint on the progress made in security since the previous year.

Pwn2Own 2022 held in Vancouver, Canada focused on finding vulnerabilities on widely used software including: Windows 11, Microsoft Teams, Ubuntu Desktop, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Oracle VirtualBox, Tesla,. Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 ends up to 17 successful hacking, awards $1,155,000 to white hat hackers and security experts.

Source: https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2022/5/18/pwn2own-vancouver-2022-the-results

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