Zeroday Cloud Hackathon: $4.5 Million Prize Pool Sparks Drama with Pwn2Own Copycat Claims
Zeroday Cloud hacking competition is offering $4.5 million for researchers to break into open-source cloud and AI tools. With prizes up to $300,000, hackers can prove their skills at Black Hat Europe in December. But watch out, Trend Micro accused them of pulling a rulebook heist from Pwn2Own’s playbook!
Hot Take:
Looks like the world of cybersecurity competitions just got a new player with a mega budget, but not without a touch of drama! Zeroday Cloud is here to throw some serious cash at hackers, while also throwing some shade at the established Pwn2Own competition. Who knew hacking for sport could be this lucrative and dramatic?
Key Points:
- Total prize pool of $4.5 million for bug bounties in the new Zeroday Cloud competition.
- Categories include AI, Kubernetes, Containers, Web Servers, Databases, and DevOps Automation.
- Big names like Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft are backing this event.
- Contest ruffles feathers as it allegedly copies rules from the Pwn2Own competition.
- Participants from certain sanctioned countries are not allowed to compete.
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