From popular operating systems like Windows 10 and Ubuntu to widely used browsers like Chrome and Safari, hackers participating in Tianfu Cup 2020 have successfully hacked several popular software.
For those who don't know, the Tianfu Cup is considered the biggest hacking competition in China. The third rendition of the event took place in Chengdu, China, with 15 teams participating. The prize pool for the contest winners was approximately $ 1.21 million.
The Winning Side, 360 Enterprise Security and Government and (ESG) Vulnerability Research Institute (Qihoo 360), won the competition for the second consecutive year. He won a total of $ 744,500 - roughly two-thirds of the total prize pool - for his exploits.
In addition, the second Ant-Financial Security Lab and the second finalist Pang pocketed $ 258,000 and $ 99,500 respectively.
Speaking of the programs successfully violated during the hackathon, the organizers revealed: " Many mature and hard goals were attacked in this year's contest. Among the targeted programs, the following were confirmed as hacked:
- Adobe PDF Reader
- ASUS Router AX86U
- Chrome browser
- Docker-CE
- Firefox browser
- iOS 14 via iPhone 11 Pro
- QEMU (emulator and virtualizer)
- Safari browser
- Samsung galaxy s20
- TP-Link WDR-7660
- Ubuntu 20 / CentOS 8
- VMWare ESXi
- Windows 10 2004
In addition, the teams had to face three rounds of 5 minutes each for violating specific software with an original hack. The amount of money for a successful attempt varied depending on the software and the type of vulnerability exploited.
In addition, in accordance with the policy, the contest organizer has reported the detected vulnerabilities to the respective software vendors. Patches correcting these security risks should be deployed in the coming days.
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