Leader of the Zero Day Initiative. Pwn2Own organizer and adjudicator. Trafficker of export-controlled intrusion software. Bug Hunter.
Joined May 2010
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
Announcing #Pwn2Own Berlin 2026! We've got 10 categories for targets, including an expanded #AI target list. We have 4 AI categories - including coding agents (looking at you #Claude). More than $1,000,000 in cash & prizes available. Read the details at zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2…
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Huge thanks for the keynote 💙
It was fantastic.
Brian Gorenc (@MaliciousInput) – From Buffer Overflows to Breaking AI: Two Decades of ZDI Vulnerability Research 🎤
#POC2025
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
18 Jul 2024
Announcing #Pwn2Own Ireland! Our fall contest is on the move (again) as we head to Cork, Ireland. We also welcome @Meta as a sponsor with #WhatsApp being a target at $300K. Plus the return of the SOHO Smashup. Read all the details at zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2… #P2OIreland
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
8 Aug 2023
Congratulations to our MSRC 2023 Most Valuable Researchers! Thank you to all the researchers who have helped secure our customers. 👏🎉
Check out our blog for the full list: msft.it/60199yOc9
ALT MSRC 2023 Most Valuable Researchers Top 10 Researchers
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
27 Mar 2023
Recapping #Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023. We had an amazing contest and awarded over $1 million (plus a Tesla Model 3) for 27 unique 0-days. Join ZDI's @MaliciousInput and @dustin_childs as they go through all the highlights of this year's event.
youtu.be/c0cS4R0ja-I
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
23 Mar 2023
Since no one from the MSRC is here at #Pwn2Own, we're disclosing the Teams exploit over a Teams call. You can join us if you want to hear the details: msteams.link/ZPRX
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
23 Mar 2023
CONFIRMED! @Synacktiv used a heap overflow & an OOB write to exploit the Infotainment system on the Tesla. When they gave us the details, we determined they actually qualified for a Tier 2 award! They win $250,000 and 25 Master of Pwn points. 1st ever Tier 2 award. Stellar work!
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
28 Jul 2022
This year at #BHUSA, @MaliciousInput & @dustin_childs present “Calculating Risk in the Era of Obscurity: Reading Between the Lines of Security Advisories” - A look at how enterprises can estimate risk in an era where patches aren't what they used to be. blackhat.com/us-22/briefings…
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
20 May 2022
The @Synacktiv team shows off their remote exploit of the #Tesla Model 3. Earlier today, this research earned them $75,000 during #Pwn2Own.
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
18 Oct 2021
Happy to sponsor and look forward to attending.
18 Oct 2021
Thank you @TrendMicro and @thezdi for supporting #OffensiveCon22 as gold sponsors!
offensivecon.org/sponsors/
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
18 Oct 2021
Thank you @TrendMicro and @thezdi for supporting #OffensiveCon22 as gold sponsors!
offensivecon.org/sponsors/
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
9 Sep 2021
An analysis of a #Parallels #Desktop stack clash vulnerabilities. @renorobertr describes some recently patched bugs and looks at how Binary Ninja’s static data flow capability can be used in automating bug finding tasks. zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2…
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
12 Aug 2021
Announcing #Pwn2Own Austin! Our fall contest includes phones, printers, NAS devices and more. More than $500,000 USD in cash and prizes are available as 22 different devices will be put to the test. Read all of the details at zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2…
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
7 Apr 2021
With that last award, we're now at $1,020,000 awarded for the contest with 9 attempts to go. It's the first time we've crossed the million dollar mark at #Pwn2Own. More to come...
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
5 Apr 2021
The live drawing for #Pwn2Own will be at 9am Eastern tomorrow (April 6). You can watch the draw and all the contest live on YouTube at youtu.be/dA3aIMgRFY8
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
17 Mar 2021
CVE-2021-27076: A complex bug that leads to reliable code execution. @HexKitchen details this replay-style deserialization attack against #Microsoft #SharePoint. As a reminder, we're paying $50k for SharePoint exploits at #Pwn2Own. bit.ly/3r4CGSt
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Brian Gorenc retweeted
16 Mar 2021
For everyone finding variants while analyzing the in-the-wild #Exchange bugs, remember they are worth $200K at the upcoming #Pwn2Own contest. Bugs reported at the event have a 90-day disclosure timeline. Remember, no more patch Tuesdays before the contest. bit.ly/3ooKM6J
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