A pair of Gartner analysts today denounced a recent hack challenge that uncovered a still-unpatched QuickTime bug, calling it “a risky endeavor” and urging sponsors to reconsider such public contests.

China's spy agencies are using talent competitions to recruit young hackers for cyberattacks on the US. The revelation comes in a new report that has shed fresh light on the secretive state's "hack ...

'Seems like you should at least run that through ChatGPT to reword it' A new hacking contest has caused a social media kerfuffle over allegations of rule copying and plagiarism.… Wiz, the ...

Researchers at the this year's Pwn2Own Automotive hacking contest successfully hacked Tesla's wall connector electric vehicle (EV) charger. The annual contest focuses on hacking automotive ...

China’s Tianfu Cup hacking contest made its return in 2026, now overseen by the government and marked by limited transparency.

A new hacking competition called Zeroday Cloud, focused on open-source cloud and AI tools, announced a total prize pool of $4.5 million in bug bounties for researchers that submit exploits for various ...