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Pwn2Own hacking contest pays $1 million for WhatsApp exploit

The Zero Day Initiative is offering a $1 million reward to security researchers who will demonstrate a zero-click WhatsApp exploit at its upcoming Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 hacking contest. The record bounty targets zero-click security flaws that allow code execution without user interaction on the messaging platform used by more than three billion people worldwide. Meta, alongside Synology and QNAP, is co-sponsoring the Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 competition, which will take place from October 21 to Oct

VMware fixes four ESXi zero-day bugs exploited at Pwn2Own Berlin

VMware fixed four vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools that were exploited as zero-days during the Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 hacking contest in May 2025. Three of the patched flaws have a severity rating of 9.3, as they allow programs running in a guest virtual machine to execute commands on the host. These flaws are tracked as CVE-2025-41236, CVE-2025-41237, and CVE-2025-41238. These flaws are described in the security advisory as: CVE-2025-41236 : VMware ESXi, Workstatio