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Chinese Hackers Break Into Chrome, Safari, Edge; Reveal Browsers' Vulnerabilities

Popular vendors received terrible news over the weekend as reports claimed that Chinese hackers were able to exploit vulnerabilities in major browsers, apps, and common utilities.

At the recent Tianfu cup held in Chengdu, China, Chinese China's top white-hat hackers have converged in to test zero-days against top software available in the market today.During the first day of the event, Chinese security researchers were able to break into major browsers such as Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Google Chrome.

The recent Tianfu Cup is the venue for hackers to showcase their skills and even earn six-figure bounties for successful exploits.

Security researchers say in a new study that some 60 percent of cloud computing networks of major US companies have been compromised by hackers Photo: AFP / Lionel BONAVENTURE

Previously, several software vendors started attending hacking competitions and even send representatives to learn about vulnerabilities discovered during the event.

Search engine giant Google has a representative in the event with some members of the Google Chrome security team present on site.

This is literally just, like, a hundred Chinese security researchers testing their 0days in competition against modern software targets. It is probably the densest collection of 0days per sqm in the world, and Ive seen only one organic tweet about it.Infosec Twitter, wtf?!?

Events like this are easy to demonize, but some vendors fail to appreciate that these events help incentivize continuous research into various products so they can be developed more securely.

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