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Zeroday.Cloud Hacking Competition Announced with $4.5 Million in Prizes

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The Zeroday.Cloud hacking competition, announced by Wiz, offers $4.5 million in bug bounties for exploits in widely used cloud software. The event, scheduled for December 10-11 at the Black Hat Europe conference in London, covers six categories: AI, Kubernetes, containers, web servers, databases, and DevOps tools. Participants must submit entries by December 1 and demonstrate exploits live at the event. The competition has faced controversy due to alleged rule copying from Trend Micro's Pwn2Own hacking competition. Wiz has partnered with AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft for the event. Google is also in the process of acquiring Wiz for $32 billion. Specific bounties range from $10,000 to $300,000, with detailed conditions and resources provided for each target.

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  1. 06.10.2025 12:44 2 articles · 17h ago

    Zeroday.Cloud Hacking Competition Announced

    The Zeroday.Cloud hacking competition, announced by Wiz, offers $4.5 million in bug bounties for exploits in widely used cloud software. The event, scheduled for December 10-11 at the Black Hat Europe conference in London, covers six categories: AI, Kubernetes, containers, web servers, databases, and DevOps tools. Specific bounties range from $10,000 to $300,000, with detailed conditions and resources provided for each target. Participants must register through the HackerOne platform and complete ID verification and Tax Forms by November 20. They are limited to one entry per target but can submit exploits for multiple targets. Approved exploit submitters will be invited to demonstrate their exploits live at the event, either alone or in teams of up to five members. Participants from embargoed or sanctioned countries are restricted from participating. The competition has faced controversy due to alleged rule copying from Trend Micro's Pwn2Own hacking competition.

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