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Google Pixel Phone and Microsoft Edge Hacked at PwnFest 2016

Hackers hacked Google’s new Pixel smartphone in less than a minute using zero-day vulnerability. Qihoo 360 team of white-hat hackers won $120,000 cash prize for hacking the Pixel. Microsoft Edge running under Windows 10 was also hacked in PwnFest hacking competition in Seoul. Hackers also hacked Adobe Flash with a combination of a decade-old, use-after-free vulnerability and a win32k kernel flaw to win a $120k prize. Details of all the exploits will be reported to the respected companies so that they can patch their software before black-hat.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/google-pixel-phone-hacked.html

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