Chinese Hackers Pwned Apple in 20 seconds; Google Pixel in 60 seconds

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Hackers Pwned Apple Safari in 20 seconds; Google Pixel in 60 seconds

By Waqas on November 12, 2016 Email @hackread Hacking News Security

Recent PWNFEST sends Google and Apple back to Basics — Hackers pwned Google Pixel and Apple Safari browser — Before this, the same hackers hacked Microsoft Edge and VMware all in few seconds.

PWNFEST is an event organized in Seoul, South Korea where teams of white-hat hackers come to compete for cash prizes. The prizes are conditional upon finding a vulnerability in the latest software and devices developed by various tech firms.

Yesterday we reported how Chinese and South Korean group of hackers hacked Microsoft Edge and VMware. This time the participants gave a hard time to tech giants Google and Apple after working out an exploit in their latest products, Google Pixel and Safari on MacOS Sierra respectively.

Google Pixel hacked under 60 seconds

A team by the name of Qihoo 360 from South Korea managed to break into Google Pixel Android smartphone within just a minute. Qihoo 360 demonstrated an exploit that allowed hackers to conduct remote code execution attack on the Pixel. The attack launched Google Play Store and then the mobile version of Google Chrome before showing a deface message that read “Pwned by 360 Alpha Team.”

As a result, the team bagged in the cash prize of $120,000 for discovering the vulnerability. Additionally, it also found out certain weaknesses in Microsoft Edge – the latest Windows 10 Internet Browser – along with Adobe Flash. A total of $520k went to Qihoo 360.

Apple Safari hacked in 20 seconds

Just like Qihoo 360, a team by the name of Pangu along with JH from China managed to hack into Safari running on MacOS Sierra in just 20 seconds. The hack resulted in gaining them root access to the app. Pangu was also able to successfully jailbreak the latest version of iOS.

The endeavor led the teams winning a total of $100k at PWNFEST. As for Apple, Microsoft and Google, they all have embarked on the mission to fix these vulnerabilities as soon as possible before any unauthorized access takes place. Currently, the details about the exploits haven’t been made public but the platform owners and vendors have been informed about them.

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[cirr]

Qihoo 360 from South Korea???

WTF?

 

[Viet]

come on they are mostly known bugs for hacker scene, but unknown for the companies in question. I once tested, seized control a foreign PC by its printing port, not much difficult, taking only a minute

 

[Beast]

come on they are mostly known bugs for hacker scene, but unknown for the companies in question. I once tested, seized control a foreign PC by its printing port, not much difficult, taking only a minute

Dont BS and embarass yourself here.

 

[Viet]

Dont BS and embarass yourself here.

it is you who bullshits.

 

[Beast]

it is you who bullshits.

No! I dont brag to be a supa poweh hacker that somebody claimed to be and belittle some expert who can easily hack proper software system like safari and Window OS as easy.

You shall be ashamed of your bragging!

 

[Viet]

No! I dont brag to be a supa poweh hacker that somebody claimed to be and belittle some expert who can easily hack proper software system like safari and Window OS as easy.

You shall be ashamed of your bragging!

you failed to know some of developers reveal their OS weaknesses by accident. or do you know there are tools to discover bugs? such as this tool: backtrack?

 

[Beast]

you failed to know some of developers reveal their OS weaknesses of accident. or do you know there are tools to discover bugs? such as this tool: backtrack?

Dont embarass yourself further using this cheap off shelf software and try act as pro.

 

[Dungeness]

Hackers Pwned Apple Safari in 20 seconds; Google Pixel in 60 seconds



very eazy money.. lol. IT shupa powah not interest in this kind of stuff, according to 'em. harrasing random people on phones it better

btw, Qihoo 360 is not from south korea lol

According to some, they are all busy preparing for ITT exam.

 

[Viet]

Dont embarass yourself further using this cheap off shelf software and try act as pro.

I notice you have nothing to say but repeat one or two same words over again over again. it is you who embarrasses people. certainly you must have a deep knowledge of the OS to hack it. but also you need to good tool to support you by hacking, otherwise you need 100 years to exploit OS weaknesses.

 

[Beast]

I notice you have nothing to say but repeat one or two same words over again over again. it is you who embarrasses people. certainly you must have a deep knowledge of the OS to hack it. but also you need to good tool to support you by hacking, otherwise you need 100 years to exploit OS weaknesses.

I never claimed to have deep understanding of the OS to hack and I have deep respect for the 2 Chinese teams who claimed top prizes from Giant companies like Apple and Window unlike some who embarrass himself and show his racism by rubbishing off their effort as nothing when you have nothing to prove. Maybe becos they are not vietnamese but Chinese?

 

[Viet]

I never claimed to have deep understanding of the OS to hack and I have deep respect for the 2 Chinese teams who claimed top prizes from Giant companies like Apple and Window unlike some who embarrass himself and show his racism by rubbishing off their effort as nothing when you have nothing to prove. Maybe becos they are not vietnamese but Chinese?

read my post again, have I put down Chinese teams? why do you call me racist?

everyone with a little knowledge in computer security knows, hacking OS in 20 or 60 seconds is impossible unless the hackers are aware of bugs. Apple and Google did not know that, but the hackers. you don´t need to be a genius to understand basic 1x1.

 

[Beast]

read my post again, have I put down Chinese teams? why do you call me racist?

everyone with a little knowledge in computer security knows, hacking OS in 20 or 60 seconds is impossible unless the hackers are aware of bugs. Apple and Google did not know that, but the hackers. you don´t need to be a genius to understand basic 1x1.

 

[maximuswarrior]

The dragon flexing its muscles.

 

[Dungeness]

come on they are mostly known bugs for hacker scene, but unknown for the companies in question. I once tested, seized control a foreign PC by its printing port, not much difficult, taking only a minute

You would have sounded much more creditable, had you won $520 K or any prize in PWNFEST or alike.