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Pwn2Own Returns to Ireland with a One Million Dollar WhatsApp Target

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STIX ID: report--afbb9e89-9d39-5df0-b8f2-5ce01194526d

Feed Name: Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) Blog

Date Published: 2025-07-31

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

Author: Dustin Childs

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Pwn2Own Cork 2025 will run October 21-24, 2025, returning with eight target categories and co-sponsorship from Meta, Synology, and QNAP; Meta is offering **$1,000,000** for a 0-click WhatsApp code-execution exploit, alongside other awards, with tweaks to the SOHO Smashup and a new USB attack vector in the mobile category; registration closes at 5:00 p.m. IST on October 16, 2025, with a randomized attempt schedule on day one.

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