A pair of Gartner analysts today denounced a recent hack challenge that uncovered a still-unpatched QuickTime bug, calling it “a risky endeavor” and urging sponsors to reconsider such public contests.

China's spy agencies are using talent competitions to recruit young hackers for cyberattacks on the US. The revelation comes in a new report that has shed fresh light on the secretive state's "hack ...

'Seems like you should at least run that through ChatGPT to reword it' A new hacking contest has caused a social media kerfuffle over allegations of rule copying and plagiarism.… Wiz, the ...

Researchers at the this year's Pwn2Own Automotive hacking contest successfully hacked Tesla's wall connector electric vehicle (EV) charger. The annual contest focuses on hacking automotive ...

Mozilla has released security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities in the Firefox web browser exploited during the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition. Mozilla says the first ...

A new hacking competition called Zeroday Cloud, focused on open-source cloud and AI tools, announced a total prize pool of $4.5 million in bug bounties for researchers that submit exploits for various ...

After staging a controversial Mac-hacking contest last year, CanSecWest may expanding its horizons and add Linux and Vista contests as well One year after launching a controversial Macintosh hacking ...

A pair of Gartner analysts feel that such contests can pose an unnecessary risk or even short-circuit the proper security-patching process A pair of Gartner analysts Tuesday denounced a recent hack ...