In pwn2own's annual computer hacker competition, contestants and network security experts showed their skills to legally crack various software by using vulnerabilities, zero day vulnerabilities and other problems, and won awards and recognition. This year, during the pwn2own event in Vancouver in 2022, the contestants successfully cracked Microsoft teams and windows 11 on the first day.
Hector "p3rro" Peralta was the first person to hack Microsoft teams. He demonstrated the improper configuration of Microsoft Enterprise messenger and received $150000 for his discovery. Later, when Masato Kinugawa executed a three vulnerability chain composed of infection, misconfiguration and sandbox escape, this time teams became a victim again. Daniel Lim wee Soong, poh Jia Hao, Li Jiantao and NGO Wei Lin demonstrated the zero hit utilization of two vulnerabilities, and more vulnerability discovery for teams applications continues.
Windows 11 has not been spared from hacker attacks. Despite Microsoft's strong emphasis on security in its latest operating system, Massin wienzowski performed a cross-border write permission upgrade in Windows 11. For this reason, Masin received $40000 and high praise from Microsoft.
On the first day of the pwn2own competition in Vancouver in 2022, Microsoft's products are not the only software cracked by hackers. Contestants cracked Oracle VirtualBox, Mozilla Firefox, Ubuntu desktop and Apple Safari, successfully earn points and money. Such activities help Microsoft and other companies improve the security of their products and encourage skilled hackers to stay on the right side of Internet law.
On the first day, hackers made a total of $800000 by exploiting 16 Zero Day vulnerabilities in multiple products. On the second and third days, contestants can earn more than $1 million by invading other software, gadgets and cars (Tesla Model 3 and model s).