They even help mainstream hardware and software manufacturers to identify unknown vulnerabilities in their products.
This is the 15th Anniversary of the event and the first day was a blast.
As per the event rules, these contestants were awarded both rewards and recognition.
One of the contestants namely Hector p3rro Peralta was the first one who cracked into Microsoft Teams.
He was awarded $150,000 for his findings.
Well, Hector p3rro Peralta demonstrated an improper configuration against Teams.
Well, ethical hacker, Marcin Wi?zowski proved otherwise.
Marcin was able to execute an out-of-bounds write escalation of privilege in Windows 11.
For his finding, he was awarded $40,000 and high praise from Microsoft.
source: www.techworm.net
