Ngo Anh Huy and Do Quang Thanh (Source: vietnamnet.vn)Hanoi (VNA) - Two experts from the Viettel Cyber Security Company underthe Viettel Group - Ngo Anh Huy and Do Quang Thanh – have been honoured at thePwn2Own Tokyo 2020 contest, Nhan dan newspaper reported.
Organised annually by the prestigious TrendMicro cyber security softwarecompany since 2007, Pwn2Own is one of the world's largest cyber-attackcompetitions.
It typically focuses on devices like mobile phones, televisions, smartspeakers, and wireless routers – physical devices that can make it problematicto go completely digital.
The contest aims to detect security vulnerabilities in smart devices so thatmanufacturers can immediately fix them, thus helping to keep client informationsafe.
At this year’s event, which was held virtually, the two Viettel experts wereable to hijack SmartTV through the default browser on Samsung and Sony TVs.
Previously, Do Quang Thanh, born in 1996, was named in the 2018 list of topsecurity researchers by Microsoft.
Meanwhile, Ngo Anh Huy, born in 1989, a network security expert who hasdetected more than 40 security vulnerabilities on the platforms of leadingtechnology firms such as Google, Oracle, and Foxit./.
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