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The hacker in question was the supremely talented Manfred Paul who pulled off the lightning-fast double exploit using two critical vulnerabilities at the PWN2OWN Vancouver, 2022, event that came to an end on Friday, May 20.

Dustin Childs, the communications manager of Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, which hosts the contest, told Insider he had expected to see "bug collisions," or two researchers finding the same flaw, but was surprised to find everything "was a unique exploit."

In its 15th anniversary year, the elite hacking event created by the Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) pays big bounties to those who reveal zero-days impacting the most prominent of vendors.

TrendMicro discovered that AvosLocker ransomware actors recently used a PowerShell script to disable antivirus software and evade detection.

Hive ransomware, first observed in June 2021, has already “made its mark as one of the most prolific and aggressive ransomware families today,” according to Trend Micro Inc.