Two people in the Viettel Cybersecurity group won the PwnwOwn Vancouver for 2022 held in Vancouver Canada, the worlds leading contest in cyber-attacks.
Viettel was the team representative from Vietnam participating in the contest and won the award for three consecutive years.
the two people named Dao and Tran were able to successfully show an escalation of privilege via Integer Overflow on Microsoft Windows 11. the contest featured more than 20 IT experts around the world from leading technology firms such as STAR labs and Sea Security.
Previously, IT professionals from Viettel also won the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2020 and Pwn2Own Vancouver 2021.
Viettel Cyber Security now has over 400 high-quality IT professionals, including an international network security ranking and 30 accredited individuals from well-known companies such as Microsoft, BugCroud, and Google.
The annual Pwn2Own is the largest and most prestigious cyber-attack competition in the world, sponsored by security firm TrendMicro and hosted by the Zero Day Initiative since 2007. Well-known technology companies demonstrate their skills in targeting hackers and attacking and exploiting software. Or equipment, through which manufacturers can immediately correct errors and improve safety.
Pwn2Own 2022 focuses on detecting vulnerabilities in major operating system platforms such as Windows 11, Microsoft Teams, Ubuntu Desktop, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Oracle VirtualBox, and Tesla. Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 ended with a maximum of 17 successful robberies and awarded US $ 1.15 million to white-hat hackers and security researchers. – VNS.
