Pwn2Own – When The Latest Firmware Isn’t

For the second year running, LRQA Nettitude took part in the well-known cyber security competition Pwn2Own, held in Toronto last week. This competition involves teams researching certain devices to find and exploit vulnerabilities. The first winner on each target receives a cash reward and the devices under test. All exploits must either bypass authentication mechanisms or require no authentication.

Last year at Pwn2Own Toronto, LRQA Nettitude were successfully able to execute a Stack-based Buffer Overflow attack against the Canon …

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