This was the second time the Viettel Cyber Security Company has attended the contest, aiming to affirm its pioneer and leading role in the field of information security in Vietnam while learning experience from foreign experts.

Viettel experts and other teams at the Pwn2Own 2021 contest.

ZDI described this year’s event as one of the largest in Pwn2Own history, with 23 separate entries targeting ten different products in the categories of Web Browers, Virtualisation, Servers, Local Escalation of Privilege, and Enterprise Communications.

The contest aimed to detect security vulnerabilities in smart devices so that manufacturers can immediately fix them, thus helping to keep client information safe.

The Viettel team targeted Windows 10 in the Local Escalation of Privilege category. It used an integer overflow in Windows 10 to escalate from a regular user to SYSTEM privileges. This earned them US$40,000, and four points towards Master of Pwn.

Targeting Microsoft Exchange in the Server category, the team successfully demonstrated their code execution on the Exchange server, helping them get 7.5 Master of Pwn points.

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Vietnam security experts honoured at Pwn2Own Tokyo 2020

Ngo Anh Huy and Do Quang Thanh, two experts from Viettel Cyber Security Company (Viettel Group), were honoured at the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2020 contest.

Vietnamese students place 2nd in regional cybersecurity competition

A four-member team from the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City - University of Science won the second prize in the 2020 ASEAN-Japan Cyber SEA Game.

Vietnamese teams win 2020 ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security

HCMUS.Twice, a student team from the University of Natural Science under the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), triumphed the final round of the 2020 ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security on November 28.

US national security advisor to visit Vietnam to discuss security cooperation

U.S. national security adviser Robert O’Brien left Thursday for Vietnam and the Philippines to discuss regional security cooperation, the White House National Security Council said.

Source: NDO