Vietnam wins cyber security 'World Cup' for second consecutive time

Viettel Cyber Security (VCS) team of the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel) has just won the championship at the Pwn2Own 2024 competition, held in Ireland.

Members of Viettel's cybersecurity team at the Pwn2Own 2024 competition - Photo: DUC THO

This is the second consecutive time Viettel's cybersecurity team has won Pwn2Own. Pwn2Own is one of the largest and most prestigious cybersecurity competitions in the world .

The competition is attended by teams of white hat hackers and security researchers from around the world, competing to find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities (security vulnerabilities that have never been known before) on popular devices such as smartphones, security cameras, office equipment and software used by many businesses.

Viettel's cybersecurity team discovered and exploited 9 zero-day vulnerabilities on products from HP, Canon, Synology, QNAP Systems... and achieved a total of 33 points, nearly twice as many as the second-placed team, Team Cluck from the US, with 17.25 points.

Next on the list are Midnight Blue from Europe, Neodyme from Germany, and DEVCORE from Taiwan (China), all of whom have participated and achieved high results at Pwn2Own and other security competitions.

The reward for each vulnerability found is from 20,000 - 50,000 USD and the total prize at Pwn2Own is about 1 million USD, of which Viettel's cybersecurity team received more than 200,000 USD.

The vulnerabilities discovered by VCS also help manufacturers improve device security, avoiding the disclosure of images and data of individuals and businesses using them.

Pwn2Own Security Competition

Pwn2Own is a security competition organized by the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) since 2007. ZDI is a program founded by the security company Trend Micro in 2005, to promote the discovery and disclosure of previously unknown security vulnerabilities (zero-day) to protect users.

When a vulnerability is discovered and reported through ZDI, the program will coordinate with device and software developers to fix it to ensure safety and network security for users.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/viet-nam-vo-dich-world-cup-nganh-an-ninh-mang-lan-thu-hai-lien-tiep-20241028174052307.htm