The third edition of China's largest and most prestigious hacking competition saw software like Windows 10 and devices like the Samsung Galaxy S20 hacked using new and never-before-seen exploits. The Tianfu Cup takes place in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, and each year, teams of hackers work together to hack devices and software in a limited period of time. This year, fifteen Chinese hacker teams participated in the event and the participants had three five-minute attempts to hack a selected target using an original exploit. After the third edition of the Tianfu Cup, hacker teams were able to successfully exploit iOS 14 running on an iPhone 11 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S20, Windows 10 v2004, Ubuntu, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Adobe PDF Reader, Docker ( Community Edition), VMWare EXSi (hypervisor), QEMU (emulator and virtualizer), and TP-Link and Asus router firmware.
Tianfu Cup 2020
For each successful hack, teams receive monetary rewards that vary depending on the chosen target and type of vulnerability. The Tianfu Cup is inspired by the Pwn2Own hacking competition that has been held in Vancouver since the late 2000s. As is the case with Pwn2Own, all exploits used in the Tianfu Cup have been reported to software manufacturers and developers. . The material before the start of the competition and the corrections to correct them will probably be available in the coming days and weeks. The team of the Chinese technology giant Qihoo 360 was once again in first place, like last year. It was followed by AntFinancial Lightyear Security Lab, which came in second, and security researcher Pang, who finished the competition in third place. The Qihoo 360 team received nearly two-thirds of the total prize pool, and its members returned home with €744,500 of the €1,210,000 awarded in the Tianfu Cup this year. Via ZDNet