ZDI's Dustin Childs on Pwn2Own Miami

Dustin Childs of the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) joins Claroty's Aperture podcast to discuss the upcoming Pwn2Own Miami hacking contest. This is the only hacking contest focused on finding zero-day vulnerabilities in industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT), and it will be held during the S4 conference in January. 

Childs is a veteran of the security industry and Pwn2Own, which is 16 years old. Pwn2Own Miami will be the second such event with an ICS focus. Researchers will compete for a prize pool over more than $300,000; four technology categories are in scope at this year's event: control servers, OPC servers, data gateways, and HMIs. 

Childs explains Pwn2Own Miami's hybrid approach that will allow competitors to enter either virtually or on-site, how Pwn2Own works, and what the disclosure process is like with affected vendors once a zero-day is demonstrated.