Pwn2Own
Sign in to savePwn2Own is a computer hacking contest, typically held in conjunction with security conferences like CanSecWest security conference. First held in April 2007 in Vancouver, the contest is now held two to three times a year, most recently in March 2024. Contestants are challenged to exploit widely used software and mobile devices with previously unknown vulnerabilities. Winners of the contest receive the device that they exploited and a cash prize. The Pwn2Own contest serves to demonstrate the vulnerability of devices and software in widespread use while also providing a checkpoint on the progres
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It sits within the topics Annual events in Canada, Computer security conferences and Programming contests.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- programming contest
- Official website
- www.secwest.net/pwn2own
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- inception
- 2007-04-00
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins
- Recent years
- Award system
- List of successful exploits
- Yearly contests
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- Controversy with Google
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015–2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- Miami (April 19–21)
- Vancouver (May 18–20)
- Toronto (December 6–9)
- See also
- References
- External links
Pwn2Own is a computer hacking contest, typically held in conjunction with security conferences like CanSecWest security conference. First held in April 2007 in Vancouver, the contest is now held two to three times a year, most recently in March 2024. Contestants are challenged to exploit widely used software and mobile devices with previously unknown vulnerabilities. Winners of the contest receive the device that they exploited and a cash prize. The Pwn2Own contest serves to demonstrate the vulnerability of devices and software in widespread use while also providing a checkpoint on the progress made in security since the previous year.
== History ==
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