The recent CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest saw successful hacking attacks against Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, Mozilla Firefox and Apple s Safari and iPhone products. Threatpost editor Ryan Naraine takes a look at the real-world implications of the contest and the lessons learned. Mobile becomes a prime phishing attack vector, hackers will increasingly employ machine learning in attacks and cloud will increasingly be seen as fertile ground for compromise. 2019 was a tumultuous year for Facebook as it continued to grapple with privacy fallout after Cambridge Analytica.
Source: https://threatpost.com/10-lessons-from-the-pwn2own-hacker-contest/91690/