Microsoft edge was hacked during pwn2own 2019

The Pwn2Own 2019 event has recently been held in which two of the best-known browsers on the market have been hacked. Since in it, security researchers have hacked Microsoft Edge and Firefox. Thanks to this, they have obtained a price of $ 270, 000. In addition, both browsers are already working on security patches, to prevent this from happening.

Microsoft Edge was hacked during Pwn2Own 2019

Firefox released version 66 a week ago. The company asked some ethical hackers to attack it, so that security flaws could be detected. In this case it went well, because two bugs have been detected, which have been corrected with a patch already.

Hacks at Pwn2Own 2019

Pwn2Own 2019 is an annual hacker event. It seeks to give security researchers the opportunity to search for flaws in systems or browsers in this case. As a result of this work looking for security flaws, there are usually good rewards. What happened in this year's edition with Firefox and Microsoft Edge. Because the browser has also been hacked.

After the browser was hacked, the company has been informed about it. The way in which the browser has been hacked is explained, so that you can already work on a security patch that will cover this vulnerability.

At the moment, we know that this patch for Microsoft Edge is already being worked on. Although at the moment nothing has been mentioned about its launch. But it shouldn't take too long to be official. It may come in a couple of days.

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