VMware Virtual Machine Sandbox Finally Hacked!
mobipicker | March 26, 2017
Pwn2Own 2017 saw some impressive feats being achieved by hackers. The famous hacking competition took place from March 15 – 17th, 2017 in Vancouver, Canada. Organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative group, the contest pays cash prizes for the team that succeeds in hijacking computers running fully patched versions of OS and applications. A group of contestants at Pwn2Own 2017 achieved something remarkable on the third and final day – they hacked VMware’s virtual machine and broke out of the sandbox!