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blogs.zdnet.com - 3/19/2009

Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari

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VANCOUVER, BC — It took a while longer but Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 did not survive the hacker onslaught at this year’s CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest. [ ALSO SEE: Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds ] A security researcher named “Nils” (he declined to ...

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blogs.zdnet.com - 3/19/2009

Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds

— blogs.zdnet.com — [ UPDATE: IE 8 and Safari also fall ] VANCOUVER, BC — Charlie Miller has done it... again. For the second consecutive year, the security researcher hacked into a fully patched MacBook computer by exploiting a security vulnerability in ... (more) Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds

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appleinsider.com - 3/19/2009

Mac security researcher wins Pwn2Own contest

— appleinsider.com — In a repeat performance of last year, security researcher Charlie Miller arrived at the CanSecWest conference this... week with a prepared exploit to use in cracking Safari running on Mac OS X. Unsurprisingly, Miller was able to use his exploit to ... (more) Mac security researcher wins Pwn2Own contest

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Mac security researcher wins Pwn2Own contest
AppleInsider — ... noting that browsers on the Windows box were "still standing" after Miller successfully applied his exploit attack to the Mac, as if the Windows box had somehow successfully dodged Miller's exploit rather than simply never having been aimed at by his open source attack. Internet Explorer 8 on the Windows machine was exploited shortly afterward by a different researcher calling himself Nil, followed by his demonstration of a successful crack of the Firefox browser.

The Pwn2Own trifecta: Safari, IE 8, and Firefox exploited on day 1
Engadget — ... Nils then demonstrated a second Safari exploit before hacking Firefox later in the afternoon netting him a cool $15k by the close of day one. Only Google's Chrome was left unscathed -- Opera isn't part of the contest. This year's contest will also offer a $10,000 prize for every vulnerability successfully exploited in Windows Mobile, Android, Symbian, and the iPhone and BlackBerry OSes. In other words: this contest that runs through Friday isn't over by any stretch. [Via ZDNET] Filed under: Misc. Gadgets The Pwn2Own trifecta: Safari, IE 8, and Firefox ...

MacBook Hacked in Seconds in Pwn2Own Contest
The Mac Observer — ... to ZDNet , Mr. Miller was able to breach the Mac's security with a remote attack that only required the MacBook user to click a specific link in the Safari Web browser. "It took couple of seconds," Mr. Miller said. Mr. Miller's exploit last year took advantage of a security flaw in the Safari Web browser, too. Another hacker going by the name "Nils" also executed a successful exploit against Safari, and also managed to hack through Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 as well as the Firefox Web browser running on a Sony Vaio with Windows 7. While the hackers did win prizes for ...