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Hackers Earn $500,000 on First Day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024

White hat hackers at the Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 contest by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative earned $500,000 on the first day by exploiting NAS devices, cameras, printers, and smart speakers.

Sina Kheirkhah from Summoning Team earned the top reward of $100,000 by exploiting nine vulnerabilities in an attack from a QNAP QHora-322 router to a TrueNAS Mini X storage device.

Gmail Data exposes via ChatGPT Deep Research Agent dubbed “ShadowLeak Zero-Click” Flaw

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Cyber attack disrupts several European airports: check-in and boarding systems affected

Several European airports are experiencing flight delays and cancellations due to a cyber attack on a check-in and boarding systems...
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Hacker claim to breach Link3; 189,000 Users data up for sale

A threat actor claims to have breached Link3, a major IT solutions and internet service provider based in Bangladesh. The...
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Check Point Hosts “Securing the Hyperconnected World in the AI Era” in Dhaka

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Microsoft Confirms 900+ XSS Vulns Found in IT Services

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is one of the oldest and most persistent vulnerabilities in modern applications. Despite being recognized for over...
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Daily Security Update Dated : 15.09.2025

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IBM QRadar SIEM Vuln Let Attackers Perform Unauthorized Actions

A critical permission misconfiguration in the IBM QRadar Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform could allow local privileged users...
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Major Australian Banks using Army of AI Bots to Scam Scammers

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F5 to acquire CalypsoAI for $180M for Advanced AI Security Capabilities

F5 plans to acquire CalypsoAI, which offers adaptive AI security solutions. CalypsoAI's technology will be added to F5's Application Delivery...
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AI Pentesting Tool ‘Villager’ Merges Kali Linux with DeepSeek AI for Automated Attacks

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Viettel Cyber Security demonstrated an exploit chain involving QNAP QHora-322 and TrueNAS Mini X products, earning $50,000.

Jack Dates from RET2 Systems earned a $60,000 reward for hacking a Sonos Era 300 smart speaker.

Two different teams earned $40,000 each for exploiting the QNAP TS-464 and Synology DiskStation DS1823XS+ NAS devices.

Participants successfully exploited the Lorex 2K WiFi, Ubiquity AI Bullet, and Synology TC500 cameras, as well as HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 3301fdw and Canon imageCLASS MF656Cdw printers, earning hackers between $11,000 and $30,000.

ZDI reported that $516,250 was awarded on the first day of Pwn2Own Ireland for over 50 unique vulnerabilities.

In the coming days, contestants will showcase exploits targeting a Samsung Galaxy S24 phone and an Aeotec Smart Home Hub, along with cameras, NAS devices, smart speakers, and printers.

Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 features a messaging app category, offering up to $300,000 for a zero-click WhatsApp exploit. Up to $250,000 is available for exploits targeting the Pixel 8 and iPhone 15, but no entries have been submitted for these devices.

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