TrendAI Zero Day Initiative Awards Over $1.2 Million at Pwn2Own
Trend Micro, Tuesday, October 13th, 2026
Pwn2Own Ireland participants found 98 unique zero-days, earning $1,262,000 from TrendAI's Zero Day Initiative.
TrendAI's Zero Day Initiative awarded $1,262,000 at Pwn2Own Ireland, where contestants discovered and disclosed 98 unique zero-day vulnerabilities over three days.
Targets spanned mobile phones, smart home devices, wellness products, printers, messaging, AI infrastructure and AI coding agents.
The vulnerabilities go to vendors for patching, and TrendAI says visibility into them also protects its customers through virtual patching.