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DEVCORE is a Taiwan-based offensive security research company and white-hat hacking team known for vulnerability research, exploit development, and public demonstrations at competitions such as Pwn2Own. The group has been credited with discovering and demonstrating multiple critical vulnerabilities in enterprise and network-attached storage products, including exploit chains that combined injection flaws with memory-corruption issues such as format string bugs. In the referenced activity, DEVCORE researchers demonstrated a chained exploit against QNAP products affecting QTS and QuTS hero and earned a bug bounty through coordinated disclosure. DEVCORE is not described as a malicious intrusion set or state-backed threat actor in this context; rather, it operates as a legitimate security research organization focused on identifying severe security weaknesses before adversaries can exploit them.
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Security research team that discovered and demonstrated zero-day vulnerabilities in QNAP NAS devices during Pwn2Own Ireland 2025.
Participated in Pwn2Own 2025, demonstrating zero-day vulnerabilities in QNAP products as part of a white-hat hacking competition.
Participated in Pwn2Own Ireland 2025, demonstrating zero-day vulnerabilities in QNAP NAS devices.
DEVCORE researchers demonstrated chained injection vulnerabilities and a format string bug in QNAP products at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025, earning a bug bounty for their exploit.
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