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Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge Hacked on Second Day of Pwn2Own

During Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019, competitors successfully pwned the Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge web browsers, as well as VMware’s Workstation client, earning a total of $270,000 in cash awards. During the first two days of the contest, participants received cash awards of $510,000 for 8 exploitation attempts and one partial win, successfully hacking Safari, Firefox, Edge, Virtualbox, and Safari. The first successful researcher can also drive off in their own brand new Model 3 after the competition ends.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-firefox-and-microsoft-edge-hacked-on-second-day-of-pwn2own/

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