Samsung Galaxy S23 iPhone 13 Pro are Hacked at pwn2Own Event Prize Money 50000 Dollars

Companies that develop devices and operating systems often release updates, through which new features are added as well as the security of the device is improved. But if you are thinking that you have updated the latest security patch and other security measures on your smartphone, then let us tell you that even after that your device can be hacked. We are not saying this, but in a hacking competition, security experts have hacked the Galaxy S23 and iPhone 13 Pro. One of these is this year’s Samsung flagship and the other is last year’s flagship model of Apple.

Recently, an event called Pwn2Own started in Toronto, the last day of which is today. This event is basically a hacking competition in which popular software and devices are hacked by taking advantage of zero-day vulnerabilities and awards are won. In this event, security experts have hacked Samsung Galaxy S23 and iPhone 13 Pro. Both phones were hacked on the first day of the event. Zero-day is a vulnerability in a computer system that was previously unknown to its developers or anyone capable of mitigating it.

Zero Day Initiative Blog According to Star Labs SG Samsung Galaxy S23 was able to exploit a permissible list of allowed inputs against the . For discovering and demonstrating this zero-day, he won $25,000 (roughly Rs. 20.80 lakhs) and 5 Master of PWN points.

The grand prize of $50,000 (roughly Rs. 41.60 lakhs) and 5 Master of PWN points went to Pentest Limited for performing improper input verification on the Galaxy S23.

These newly discovered vulnerabilities will be fixed with future security patches and until then the hacking methods will be kept secret.

The security researchers Xiaomi 13 Pro has also found a zero-day in Xiaomi 13 Pro. Team Viettel earned $40,000 for executing a single-bug attack against the Xiaomi 13 Pro, and NCC Group earned $20,000 by demonstrating a zero-day on the same device.